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• 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)
• s  planned in advance

• During the hearings, President Harry Truman charged that the whole affair was a Republican-plotted "red herring"and his quip became a political boomerang, evidence that the .
• After terrorists plotted to board planes in London with liquid explosives, this term was coined for the latest suspected terrorist tactic.
• Samson Raphaelson's perfectly plotted script is impeccably realized.

• plot
• diagram
• plat
• aforethought
• planned

News & Articles

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• The U.S. May Be Rich, But It Leaves A Lot Of People Hungry
  For such a wealthy country, we’re not doing so good on the feeding everyone front. For a rich country, the U.S. has a lot of hungry people. Look at this chart from the Pew Research Center . It shows the percentage of people who say they cannot afford enough food: Most of the nations are plotted where you might expect. Uganda, Senegal and Mexico, for example, are relatively poor countries. The ...
  June 13, 2013 - Fast Company Magazine
• Danger Maps Backed by Alibaba Pinpoint Chinese Pollution
  Danger Maps , a website Liu started last year, allows people to look up sites such as toxic-waste treatment facilities, oil refineries and power plants. Liu has plotted about 6,000 pollution sources based on government data and user input on Baidu Map, China’s equivalent of Google Maps.
  June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg
• DeShone Kizer commits to Notre Dame, the latest elite QB domino to fall
  After top 2014 quarterback prospect Kyle Allen committed to Texas A&M, we plotted out the likeliest next major quarterback commitments over the coming weeks. One scenario was Central Catholic (Toledo, Oh.) Composite four-star DeShone Kizer to Notre Dame, which, yep: Dominos keep falling. Ohio QB DeShone Kizer has committed to Notre Dame. #LSU sights set on Brandon Harris. — Shea Dixon ...
  June 11, 2013 - SB Nation

Quotes

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• Manouchehr Mottaki in Times Online
  As the death toll from clashes between demonstrators and security forces continued to rise, Manouchehr Mottaki told diplomats: "Great Britain has plotted against the presidential election for more than two years. We witnessed an influx of people...
• Jacqui Smith in Reuters UK
  We shall continue to target you at home and abroad, just as you target us, at home and abroad, and these spy dens, and military command and control centres from which you plotted your aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq, and which still provide... Adam Gadahn http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Yahiye_Gadahn&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE5ZkFM0-eG9w8CWmCwCEyndu3QUg Ninemsn http://www.google.com/url?q=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx%3Fid%3D67181&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF2lVPrKHL9r_tnqFEA5xhSNowngw Oct 13, 2005 75316 101662 plotted We can't wait for an attack to succeed and then rush in new powers," Smith said. "We've got to stay ahead. Because we now understand the scale of what is being plotted, the police have to step in earlier, which means they need more time to...