plot
plot
- n a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
they concocted a plot to discredit the governor - n a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
a bean plot - n the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal - n a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
- v plan secretly, usually something illegal
They plotted the overthrow of the government - v make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
- v make a plat of
- v devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
the writer is plotting a new novel
- Hambali's role in the Bojinka plot and his links to Osama's brother-in-law went unnoticed until earlier this year.
- That conspiratorial army of would-be historians who specialize in the assassination of John Kennedy may have a brand-new plot to play with.
- Bolivia's government alleges a dramatic assassination plot on the eve of Evo Morales' meeting with Barack Obama and other leaders of the hemisphere.