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complot

  • /ˈkɒmˌplɒt/
  • /kəmˈplɒt/

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Borrowed from Middle French complot (“crowd-, plot”).

noun 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.

verb complots · complotting · 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.

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"complot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/complot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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complot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/complot

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"complot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/complot.

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@misc{complot_2026,
  title = {complot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/complot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}