to plot
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4.8
- verb
- /plɑt/
:
conspirar
- And I assure you... while you party... they plot... their revenge!
- plot to overthrow
- plot to assassinate
- plot a coup
It was that the CIA plotted to kidnap or kill him.
- It was that the CIA plotted to kidnap or kill him.
- We see the future, we plot, we scheme.
- Marine biology, plotting the downfall of humankind.
- After years of exile, fundraising and plotting, Sun has finally secured political power.
- So eventually she got a bit older, she got this boyfriend and she plotted with her boyfriend to murder her mum.
- So they've heard this horrible black and white thinking of fire and demons, Satan, all these nefarious characters plotting against them their whole life.
- And his brothers ultimately get jealous and they plot against him and they decide that they're going to kill him.
- But they're obviously profoundly constitutive of, of how people live, how they relate to one another, you know, and, and also how they plot their escapes, right.
- When you're in crestairs having his pal plotted an escape and and during the escape, they killed the night shift.
- It was them doing a bit of whatever, wrecking, plotting.
- Don't mean people right now are plotting and saving to buy a piece of clothing.
Examples
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Now things have gotten so bad that Trump's allies are plotting an intervention.
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I listened in growing dismay, for they were plotting no less than robbery and murder.
Fiction book (1995) -
Iran helped plot attack on Israel over several weeks.
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Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term.
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For 30 years, I have plotted to bring down the Party.
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The natives are plotting against us.
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He's plotting to destroy you.
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We find ourselves in precarious straits, and we must carefully plot our course of action.
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Who knows what dastardly scheme... that villain may be plotting... even as we speak.
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The detective uncovered a group that was plotting to steal priceless artifacts.
Synonyms
130
5.8
To secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful
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6.0
Make up a story or excuse to trick people
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5.2
To make a plan in secret, often to surprise someone
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7.4
To plan and direct a secret, difficult activity that is often illegal
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8.8
Secretly allow or help someone to do something wrong
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6.5
To make secret plans to do something dishonest
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3.6
To make a secret or careful plan to do something
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7.9
To secretly plan dishonest actions against others
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4.4
To think of a clever or secret plan to do something
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9.9
To make secret plans to do something bad
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6.3
Plan something in secret, often to trick or surprise others
To plan secretly with others to do something illegal
To meet secretly to plan something dishonest
Antonyms
Idioms
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7.1
A situation that gets more complicated or interesting because of new information
- Literature
Events that happen mainly to move the story forward, even if they do not make sense
Compounds
How Secretive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plot as a verb meaning to plan secretly comes from the word for a 'plan' or 'scheme'. To plot is to quietly make a plan, often one that is secret or wrong.