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 fair's conferences were held at the Art Institute, and on the current site of La Rabida Hospital was a recreation of the La Rabida convent in Spain, where Columbus plotted his voyages.
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Suzanne Le Mignot,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
It was plotted, police said, because Arnold suspected that two of the three men were responsible for stealing his property.
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Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
By 1962, Jaray was making hard-edge abstract paintings that conjured architectural structures or details; delineated with masking tape and executed without visible brush strokes, they were carefully plotted out through multiple preliminary drawings, and in later years, on a computer.
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Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
25 June 2026
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
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
Suzanne Le Mignot,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
It was plotted, police said, because Arnold suspected that two of the three men were responsible for stealing his property.
—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
By 1962, Jaray was making hard-edge abstract paintings that conjured architectural structures or details; delineated with masking tape and executed without visible brush strokes, they were carefully plotted out through multiple preliminary drawings, and in later years, on a computer.
—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
25 June 2026
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.
—
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plotted
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Prosecutors detailed at least four games in which the defendants are alleged to have schemed to have Beasley manipulate individual game stats for the benefit of gamblers.
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The show centered on Lucy, a housewife who desperately wanted to be a star and often schemed ways to appear alongside her bandleader husband.
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Nunez said investigators planned to interview an employee who was working at the business when the blaze began.
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Following the exercise, the Royal Navy capability team and the Air and Space Warfare Centre began analyzing the results, with additional testing potentially planned aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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“Plotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plotted. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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