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intriguesnounpl. of intrigue a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful endsthe intrigue was quickly discovered, and the would-be assassins were arrested conspiracies, designs, machinations, plots, schemes counterconspiracies(or counter-conspiracies), counterplotsframe-upsmanipulations, subterfuges, trickeriesartifices, contrivances, cover-ups, dodges, drafts, maneuvers, stratagems, trickscabals, confederacies, ringsgames, gimmicks, racketsground plans, programs, strategies, systemscollusions, complicities, connivances, conspirations intriguesverbpresent tense third-person singular of intrigueto engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful endsevidence that the leading manufacturers had intrigued to keep prices artificially high colludes, compasses, connives, conspires, contrives, machinates, plots, puts up, schemes counterplotsbrews, concocts, cooks (up), devises, hatchesengineers, jockeys, maneuvers, manipulatesdesigns, frames, lays out, maps, plans, shapes to hold the attention ofthe mystery story intrigued me so that I read it in one sitting absorbs, bemuses, busies, catches up, engages, engrosses, enthralls(or enthrals), enwraps, fascinates, grips, immerses, interests, involves, occupies allures, attracts, beguiles, bewitches, captivates, charms, enchants, obsesseshypnotizes, mesmerizesdistracts, preoccupieshogs, monopolizes catches one's eye bores, jades, palls, tires, wearies |