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
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.
—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
In the lead-up to the 2026 NFL Draft, this same horsepower captivated the Minnesota Vikings, who plotted when and where to select him.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 May 2026
President Barack Obama in 2017 commuted López’s prison sentence for his role in the FALN, an organization that in the 1970s and early 1980s plotted bombings, prison escapes and armed robberies in an effort to secure independence for Puerto Rico.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
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
In the lead-up to the 2026 NFL Draft, this same horsepower captivated the Minnesota Vikings, who plotted when and where to select him.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 May 2026
President Barack Obama in 2017 commuted López’s prison sentence for his role in the FALN, an organization that in the 1970s and early 1980s plotted bombings, prison escapes and armed robberies in an effort to secure independence for Puerto Rico.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 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.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
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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.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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With the new wells for compact compliance now planned, the Republican River district and the local groundwater districts must get serious about conservation planning.—
Allen Best,
Denver Post,
14 June 2026
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The tournament lasts until July 19 and watch parties are being planned at dozens of locations around the Bay Area.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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“Plotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plotted. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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