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complot

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Complot (noun) means a secret plan made by two or more people together.

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A secret plan made by two or more people together.
"The young advertising agent stood against the fence in silent horror, his heart bumping heavily. His hands were clammy, his feet seemed to have grown larger and taken root. What damnable complot was this?" — Christopher Morley, Aubrey Goes to the movies, and Wishes He Knew More German (1919)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French complot (“crowd-, plot”).

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"complot" (noun) means a secret plan made by two or more people together.
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