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
The agency said the attackers had allegedly plotted to use drones to cause explosions in buildings surrounding the event, force an evacuation toward a sniper team, and then breach the White House perimeters.
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Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
22 June 2026
He was invited by Malcolm X to stay in Harlem at the famous Hotel Theresa, where agents with ties to the FBI, CIA and the Mafia, plotted to assassinate him.
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Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
Eisenhower’s national security team subsequently plotted to overthrow no fewer than three different democracies on three different continents over the course of his eight years.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
And while the women of Chinatown’s faraway past may have daydreamed and even plotted their escapes, See keeps going back.
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Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
After years of messaging and two in-person meetings, the pair plotted Dee Dee's murder.
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Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Jeffrey Epstein’s final months Texts, emails and other documents reveal how Epstein plotted to escape justice as law enforcement closed in.
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Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
In performance and direction, and in the small ways in which Caswell and Wills have plotted out this isolated love story, there’s a level of great richness and detail.
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Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
Nearly all the tracks are rigorously plotted within the modal grammar of Hindustani classical music.
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Arman Khan,
Pitchfork,
1 June 2026
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
22 June 2026
He was invited by Malcolm X to stay in Harlem at the famous Hotel Theresa, where agents with ties to the FBI, CIA and the Mafia, plotted to assassinate him.
—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
Eisenhower’s national security team subsequently plotted to overthrow no fewer than three different democracies on three different continents over the course of his eight years.
—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
And while the women of Chinatown’s faraway past may have daydreamed and even plotted their escapes, See keeps going back.
—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
After years of messaging and two in-person meetings, the pair plotted Dee Dee's murder.
—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Jeffrey Epstein’s final months Texts, emails and other documents reveal how Epstein plotted to escape justice as law enforcement closed in.
—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
In performance and direction, and in the small ways in which Caswell and Wills have plotted out this isolated love story, there’s a level of great richness and detail.
—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
Nearly all the tracks are rigorously plotted within the modal grammar of Hindustani classical music.
—
Arman Khan,
Pitchfork,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plotted
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Detective John Bolden, 47, a 20-year NYPD veteran who retired from the force in October, schemed to fleece the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which offered loans to small businesses forced to close or at risk of closing during the COVID pandemic.
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Wanting to do something special for their milestone 50th wedding anniversary this year, the couple's daughters, Andrea Bodin, 47, and Dayna Ferraro, 44, schemed to throw them an epic surprise party.
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The commission is scheduled to hold its first in-person meeting, which will be open to the public, in Berkeley in October, with additional meetings planned for Los Angeles, the Central Valley and Northern California over the next 12 months.
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Accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire in Lebanon, Iran balked at attending talks planned Friday, the first since the Iranian and US presidents signed the 14-clause memorandum of understanding (MoU) earlier in the week.
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“Plotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plotted. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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