What does "complot" mean?
Complot: A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy. I know their complot is to have my life. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design. We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scence of miseries to the Trojans. Pope.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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