Noun

• S: (n) intrigue, machination (a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) plot, secret plan, game (a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)) "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
• S: (n) counterplot, counterplan (a plot intended to subvert another plot)
• S: (n) intrigue, machination (a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends)
• S: (n) conspiracy, cabal (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))
• derivationally related form