complot
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
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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
Example Sentences
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Jack Reacher descubre un complot a nivel estatal para culpar a Susan Turner, la antigua jefa de su unidad, de traición al gobierno.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019
To what fell complot was I then exposed!
From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Baudelaire, Charles
And here they found John when they stole in one after the other, soft-footed, that the boy might suspect no complot.
From The Marriage of Elinor by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
He clears the now master of any foreknowledge of this complot, but they relied on Ivett's judgment and skill.
From Henry Hudson A Brief Statement of His Aims and His Achievements by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)
The Raad thereupon publicly gave thanks to the Almighty, Who had revealed and frustrated this 'hideous complot.'
From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
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