| 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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