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▸ noun: The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
▸ noun: Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
▸ verb: (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
▸ verb: (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
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fascinate,
connive,
machination,
scheme,
entrigue,
counterintrigue,
device,
stratagem,
intriguery,
trickery,
more...
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political,
international,
foreign,
much,
diplomatic,
german,
secret,
french,
amorous,
russian,
petty
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