PLOT


Meaning of PLOT in English

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

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