NOUN | cognition | secret plan, plot, game | a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) |
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Meaning | A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal). | |
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Synonyms | plot, game | |
Narrower | conspiracy, cabal | A plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) |
counterplot, counterplan | A plot intended to subvert another plot | |
intrigue, machination | A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends | |
Broader | scheme, strategy | An elaborate and systematic plan of action |
Spanish | complot, conjuración | |
Catalan | complot, conjuració, conjura |
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