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intriguenoun a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful endsthe intrigue was quickly discovered, and the would-be assassins were arrested conspiracy, design, machination, plot, scheme counterconspiracy, counterplotframe-upmanipulation, subterfuge, trickeryartifice, contrivance, cover-up, dodge, draft, maneuver, stratagem, trickcabal, confederacy, ringgame, gimmick, racketground plan, program, strategy, systemcollusion, complicity, connivance, conniving, conspiration to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful endsevidence that the leading manufacturers had intrigued to keep prices artificially high collude, compass, connive, conspire, contrive, machinate, plot, put up, scheme counterplotbrew, concoct, cook (up), devise, hatchengineer, jockey, maneuver, manipulatedesign, frame, lay out, map, plan, shape to hold the attention ofthe mystery story intrigued me so that I read it in one sitting absorb, bemuse, busy, catch up, engage, engross, enthrall(or enthral), enwrap, fascinate, grip, immerse, interest, involve, occupy allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, obsesshypnotize, mesmerizedistract, preoccupyhog, monopolize catch one's eye bore, jade, pall, tire, weary n.plot, intrigue, machination, conspiracy, cabal mean a plan secretly devised to accomplish an evil or treacherous end.plot implies careful foresight in planning a complex scheme.an assassination plot intrigue suggests secret underhanded maneuvering in an atmosphere of duplicity.backstairs intrigue machination implies a contriving of annoyances, injuries, or evils by indirect means.the machinations of a party boss conspiracy implies a secret agreement among several people usually involving treason or great treachery.a conspiracy to fix prices cabal typically applies to political intrigue involving persons of some eminence.a cabal among powerful senators in 1609 |