complot

Noun

complot (plural complots)

1. (archaic) A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
   • LOR. Now to confirme the complot thou hast cast
     Of all these practices, Ile spread the watch,
     Vpon precise commandement from the king
     Strongly to guard the place where Pedringano
     This night shall murder haples Serberine.c. 1582-1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie, Act 3, Scene 2
   • AARON: […] / For I must talk of murders, rapes, and massacres,
     Acts of black night, abominable deeds,
     Complots of mischief, treason, villainies,
     Ruthful to hear, yet piteously perform'd: / […]c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Verb

IPA/kəmˈplɒt/

complot (third-person singular simple present complots, present participle complotting, simple past and past participle complotted)

1. (ambitransitive, archaic) To plot together; conspire.
   • BOLINGBROKE. […] Besides, I say and will in battle prove,
     Or here, or elsewhere to the furthest verge
     That ever was survey'd by English eye,
     That all the treasons for these eighteen years
     Complotted and contrived in this land,
     Fetch from false Mowbray their first head and spring.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...