Synonyms of plotted

plotted

verb

past tense of plot

as in schemed

to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends

mobsters were caught plotting to take over the company

Synonyms & Similar Words

• schemed
• planned
• conspired
• engineered
• connived
• intrigued
• contrived
• designed
• colluded
• manipulated
• hatched
• devised
• machinated
• concocted
• compassed
• mapped
• put up
• brewed
• maneuvered
• counterplotted
• cooked (up)
• shaped
• jockeyed
• framed
• laid out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plotted

During the Hugging Face breach, OpenAI agents autonomously plotted a digital heist that went undetected for more than a week, intensifying concerns OpenAI is sacrificing safety to push the AI frontier. — Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Emily’s misguided research ultimately proves that love stories can’t be plotted and graphed like science experiments; more modern studio romantic comedies could stand to learn the same lesson. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

At Hansen’s trial in 2009, prosecutors argued that the pair had plotted to kill MacNeil, 63, for money. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

The singer, who was born in South Korea but moved to Maryland as a child, still has loads of new looks plotted, of course, as she is set to release new music of her own—with more details to be announced soon. — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026

Setting the form equal to a number fixes it into an equation that can be plotted on an x-y graph—something many of us learned to do on graphing calculators in high school. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026

Aurelius uses similar techniques across the record, which lends to a certain sameyness by the end, though the tracks’ varied tempos, each one plotted at a different point on the downtempo spectrum, help offset any stagnation. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026

During the Cold War, as futurists on both sides of the Iron Curtain plotted to control the direction of history, another group coalesced around a more modest idea. — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

With the room shaking, the show’s producer, Bob Johnston, plotted a course toward the nearest group of guards. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026