Gunpowder Plot

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noun

an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.

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When communism was a threat, it was construed as a communist plot.
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But his account of a dissident plot involving Gambian expats using U.S. weapons is similar to what Faal told the FBI.
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Another member of the plot took care of the ammo along with black uniforms, night-vision equipment, and body armor.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country|Jacob Siegel|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They were able to purchase weapons and plot attacks on the island without much interference.
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The plot was a string of anecdotes from the senseless shootings of friends that Brinsley knew.
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The badness of the gunpowder used by the Mexicans, was again of great service to us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Little did Tressan dream to what a cask of gunpowder he was applying the match of his smug pertness.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Mac took that pretty hard, and came mighty near making the major eat his words with gunpowder sauce on the side.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
It was thanks to the discovery of this plot that the Marshal first got information of his enemies' projected advance.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
But Magellan learned of their wicked plot in time to defeat them, and he punished them as they deserved.
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British Dictionary definitions for Gunpowder Plot

Gunpowder Plot

noun

the unsuccessful conspiracy to blow up James I and Parliament at Westminster on Nov 5, 1605See also Guy Fawkes Day

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