I. noun
1.
Synonyms: lot 3, parcel, plat, tract
2.
a secret plan for accomplishing a usually evil or unlawful end
an assassination plot
Synonyms: cabal, conspiracy, covin, intrigue, machination, practice, scheme
Related Word: design, plan; connivance, conniving; collusion, complicity; contraption, contrivance, device; artifice, maneuver, ruse, stratagem, trick
II. verb
to work out a plan especially for something unlawful or wrong
plotted the overthrow of the government
Synonyms: cogitate, ||collogue, collude, connive, conspire, contrive, devise, intrigue, machinate, scheme (out)
Related Word: lay; brew, concoct, cook (up), hatch, set up; finagle, maneuver