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complot

American  
[kom-plot, kuhm-plot] / ˈkɒmˌplɒt, kəmˈplɒt /

noun

  1. a plot involving several participants; conspiracy.

verb (used with or without object)

complotted, complotting

  1. to plot together; conspire.

complot British  

noun

  1. a plot or conspiracy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to plot together; conspire

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of complot

1570–80; < Middle French; compare Old French complot dense crowd, accord, understanding, conspiracy, complote assembly (of troops); of obscure origin

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Ein Complot gegen die Internationale Arbeiter Association, 1874, gives a careful version of the Marxian side of the Bakunin controversy.

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.

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