Complot

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É’t
• noun IPA: /ˈkÉ’mËŒplÉ’t/
• verb IPA: /kÉ™mˈplÉ’t/

Origin

Borrowing from frm complot.

Full definition of complot

Noun

1. (archaic) A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
• circa 1582–1592 Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie, :LOR. Now to confirme the complot thou hast castOf all these practices, Ile spread the watch,Vpon precise commandement from the kingStrongly to guard the place where PedringanoThis night shall murder haples Serberine.
• circa 1588–1593 William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, :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:
  ...

Verb

1. (archaic) To plot.
• 1597, William Shakespeare, , :BOLINGBROKE. ... Besides, I say and will in battle prove,Or here, or elsewhere to the furthest vergeThat ever was survey'd by English eye,That all the treasons for these eighteen yearsComplotted and contrived in this land,Fetch from false Mowbray their first head and spring.

Derived terms

• complotment
• complotter

Related terms

• plot