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

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

Investigators have said Colt Gray carefully plotted the shooting at the high school of 1,900 students. — ABC News, 24 July 2026

According to the indictment, Convit plotted with influential business people with access to the highest levels of government, including top PDVSA lawyers and executives accused of accepting bribes. — Jay Weaver july 21, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026