plot
noun
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose.
have plotted
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present perfectof plot.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Last year, US intelligence officials told the New York Times newspaper that a pro-Ukrainian group might have plotted the attack.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2024
Becker, in fact, was reported to have met with a woman who was later implicated in a police report to have plotted a “citizen’s arrest” of DeWine.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
A crack team of air-traffic controllers, with the ability to freeze time, could not have plotted a better path to goal.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2019
Much has been made of the course the Houston Rockets have plotted this summer.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2018
I do not know as much as your great Islamic astronomers, but I have plotted the courses of some stars, and I know how they rule our destinies.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea
