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adjective

Definition of plottingnext
as in calculating

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plotting

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noun

as in scheming

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plotting

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verb

present participle of plot
as in planning
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 Synonyms for plotting
  1. calculating
  2. scheming
  3. covert
  4. stealth
  5. surreptitious
  6. secrecy
  7. clandestine
  8. secret
Adjective
  • Even Alex becomes too entangled in her students’ dealings and ends up suffering at the hands of one of the more calculating boys.
    Rebekah Frumkin, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • And experts believe that his intuitive style could throw the more calculating Caruana, who has faced time crunches already in this championship, off-balance.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018
Definition of calculating
Verb
  • And he's already noticed behind-the-scenes scheming from Bergmann and original Survivor winner Richard Hatch.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Starkey's breakout role was as the angry, scheming older brother to Madelyn Cline in Netflix's Outer Banks, so joining the A24 film as the object of Craig's desire and obsession was certainly a big change.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of scheming
Adjective
  • The heavyweight cast adds a sense of urgency to every covert invasion and reinforces the idea (shared by Sheridan’s Sicario) that some jobs need armies, not rogues.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Militias also teamed up with election deniers to conduct covert surveillance of ballot drop boxes during the midterm elections, recent leaks published by Distributed Denial of Secrets and reported by WIRED show.
    Tess Owen, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of covert
Noun
  • Here’s how creative director Drew Rechner explains the changes: Our first step in expanding player choice is removing forced stealth from almost all quest objectives.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Catch up quick: Aquaria came out of stealth earlier this year and was founded in 2021 by Sheng and his brother Eric.
    Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of stealth
Adjective
  • The center, which opened in 2022, is responsible for deciphering, and defeating, surreptitious efforts to rig or tilt the American vote.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Prince cites a conversation with Atlantic CEO (and former WIRED editor in chief) Nick Thompson as inspiration for the project; Thompson had discussed how many different publishers had encountered surreptitious web scrapers.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of surreptitious
Noun
  • In 2018, a public Strava map showing the activity of its users disclosed locations and staff members linked to global military bases, fueling concerns over how personnel publicly tracking their locations could compromise security and secrecy.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Washington — The Republican National Committee asked the Supreme Court on Monday to put on hold a state high court decision that said election officials must count provisional ballots cast by a voter whose mail ballot was rejected because it was returned without a secrecy envelope.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of secrecy
Adjective
  • Congress in recent years has been hot on the UAP trail, as a bipartisan but still somewhat fringe-y coalition of lawmakers has held hearings and applied pressure on other government entities to release information, particularly about any clandestine programs using taxpayer money.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The premise hinges on the idea that China is Mexico’s number-one oil buyer — formidable leverage for the mysterious Chinese agent’s clandestine plot.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of clandestine
Adjective
  • Louisville Pizza Week returns Nov. 11-17 with almost a dozen restaurants offering their take on pizza, from signature pies to secret menu specialties and more, all for $10.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The secret ingredient, sour cream, also adds moisture and balances out the cake's sweetness.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of secret
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