I. in ‧ trigue 1 /ɪnˈtriːɡ/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: intriguer , from Italian intrigare , from Latin intricare ; ⇨ ↑ intricate ]
1 . [transitive] if something intrigues you, it interests you a lot because it seems strange or mysterious:
Other people’s houses always intrigued her.
2 . [intransitive] formal to make secret plans to harm someone or make them lose their position of power
intrigue against
While King Richard was abroad, the barons had been intriguing against him.
II. in ‧ trigue 2 /ˈɪntriːɡ/ BrE AmE noun
[uncountable and countable] the making of secret plans to harm someone or make them lose their position of power, or a plan of this kind:
It’s an exciting story of political intrigue and murder.
a web of intrigue (=complicated set of secret plans)
intrigue of
the political intrigues of the capital