complot

American  

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

noun

complots plural

1. a plot involving several participants; conspiracy.

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verb (used with or without object)

complotted, complotting

1. to plot together; conspire.

complot British  

noun

1. a plot or conspiracy

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verb

1. to plot together; conspire

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• complotment
  noun
• complotter
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• complots
  plural

Etymology

Origin of complot

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

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

• collaboration
• collusion
• connivance
• guilt
• involvement
• manipulation