plot, intrigue, machination, conspiracy, cabal mean a plan secretly devised to accomplish an evil or treacherous end. plot implies careful foresight in planning a complex scheme.

INTRIGUE definition: 1. to interest someone a lot, especially by being strange, unusual, or mysterious: 2. (the making…. Learn more.

INTRIGUE definition: to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate. See examples of intrigue used in a sentence.

Intrigue is the making of secret plans to harm or deceive people. ...political intrigue. ...a powerful story of intrigue, passion and betrayal. ...the plots and intrigues in the novel.

n. 1. a. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot. b. The practice of or involvement in such schemes: seized the throne by intrigue. 2. A clandestine love affair.

to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest: to intrigue one's way into another's notice. to draw or capture: Her interest was intrigued by the strange symbol.

5 दिवसांपूर्वी · intrigue (countable and uncountable, plural intrigues) A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.