as in schemed
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
mobsters were caught plotting to take over the company
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Recent Examples of plotted
Reuters/Elijah Nouvelage Authorities say the teen carefully plotted the shooting at his Barrow County high school, including allegedly leaving a notebook with handwritten instructions detailing the steps to prepare for the violence and a diagram of his classroom.
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Dan Raby, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Read retrieved Hunter and brought her back to Sacramento where the pair plotted the near-fatal attack.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
These transits usually manifest as a U- or V-shaped dip in the star’s brightness when plotted over time.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
But as his fraudulent crypto empire crumbled in November 2022, the crypto founder plotted a rightward shift.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
Incensed, Oseguera plotted revenge in 2009 and 2010 with others who were unhappy with Milenio’s new leadership and spearheaded a deadly coup.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
The regular season couldn’t have been plotted any better for these two from an anticipation standpoint, set to near the end as the top teams in the MIAA Div.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
At some point, the brothers plotted to rob the other man, investigators said.
—David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
In early May, with United due to host arch-rivals Liverpool in the Premier League during a time in which Covid-19 restrictions meant fans were not allowed into stadiums, supporters plotted a huge protest around one of the most high-profile fixtures in English football.
—Chris McKenna, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Dan Raby, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Read retrieved Hunter and brought her back to Sacramento where the pair plotted the near-fatal attack.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
These transits usually manifest as a U- or V-shaped dip in the star’s brightness when plotted over time.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
But as his fraudulent crypto empire crumbled in November 2022, the crypto founder plotted a rightward shift.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
Incensed, Oseguera plotted revenge in 2009 and 2010 with others who were unhappy with Milenio’s new leadership and spearheaded a deadly coup.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
The regular season couldn’t have been plotted any better for these two from an anticipation standpoint, set to near the end as the top teams in the MIAA Div.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
At some point, the brothers plotted to rob the other man, investigators said.
—David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
In early May, with United due to host arch-rivals Liverpool in the Premier League during a time in which Covid-19 restrictions meant fans were not allowed into stadiums, supporters plotted a huge protest around one of the most high-profile fixtures in English football.
—Chris McKenna, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plotted
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Teams clearly schemed to exploit him in the pick-and-roll.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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An au pair who schemed with her employer-turned-lover to kill his wife and another man received a 10-year sentence on Friday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Feb. 2026
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City records from November show police planned to install six more cameras and increase lighting.—
Cameron Knight,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Mar. 2026
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In 2012, Hezbollah planned and executed a suicide bombing on a bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, that was carrying Israeli tourists, killing six and injuring dozens more.—
Colin P. Clarke,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Plotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plotted. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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