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plot
noun [C] (PLAN) /plɒt/
/plɑːt/ Definition
› a secret plan made by several people to do something that is wrong, harmful, or not legal, especially to do damage to a person or a government: The plot was discovered before it was carried out. [+ to infinitive] The police have foiled a plot to assassinate the president.Plotting and trappingPlanning, expecting and arrangingCheating and tricking
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Synonyms and related words:
- be in league with sb idiom
- cahoots noun
- catch sb out phrasal verb (TRICK)
- chicanery noun
- cloak-and-dagger adjective
- conspirator noun
- conspire verb
- entrap verb
- entrapment noun
- hatch verb (PLAN)
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- plotter noun (PERSON)
- ploy noun
- pretext noun
- put-up job noun
- scheme noun
- scheme verb
- sting noun (GETTING STH)
- what's your game? idiom
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