plot
noun
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose.
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A simpler, more unplotting soul never existed than that in the saw-miller's body.
From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Constance Fenimore Woolson