Complot

(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. complot, for complot, from Lat. complicitum, equivalent to complicatio, complication, entangling. See COMPLICATE.] A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.

I know their complot is to have my life. Shak.

v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. COMPLOTTED; p. pr. & vb. n. COMPLOTTING.] [Fr. comploter, from complot. See supra.] To plot together; to conspire; to join in a secret design, generally criminal. We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scene of miseries to the Trojans. Pope.