complot

[kom-plot, kuhm-plot] / ˈkɒmˌplɒt, kəmˈplɒt /

NOUN

complicity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collaboration collusion connivance guilt involvement manipulation

STRONG

abetment agreement concurrence confederacy engineering guiltiness implication intrigue machination partnership

Antonyms

WEAK

ignorance innocence noninvolvement refusal

NOUN

conspiracy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

plot scheme sedition treason

STRONG

cabal confederacy connivance countermine counterplot disloyalty fix frame game hookup intrigue league machination perfidy practice treachery trick trickery

WEAK

covin little game put-up job treacherousness

Antonyms

STRONG

faithfulness honesty ignorance loyalty

VERB

conspire

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cooperate tend

STRONG

cabal combine conduce consort contribute join unite

WEAK

colleague work together

Antonyms

STRONG

divide separate withdraw

WEAK

disagree

Example Sentences

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“We didn’t get the impression that they were lying, that they were misleading us, that they were complotting,” Bauer said.

From Seattle Times

“We didn’t get the impression that they were lying, that they were misleading us, that they were complotting,” Bauer said.

From Washington Times

Henry Lopez insists that he has been the victim of "a complot".

From BBC

To what fell complot was I then exposed!

From Project Gutenberg

Flour and grain, by reason of the court's complot, began to run low.

From Project Gutenberg