# conspire

secretly plan with a person something harmful or illegal

# take the life of

This is an idiom which means to kill someone. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# they declare guilty the blood of the innocent

The nominal adjective "innocent" may be translated "innocent person." The word "blood" is a metaphor for the violent death of the innocent person and a metonym for the person himself. Alternate translation: "they declare the innocent person guilty and then slay him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])