Device and Plot

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Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Plot is a synonym for device in ploy topic. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Device".

Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.

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Device is a synonym for plot in plan topic. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

good	good device	good plot
elaborate	elaborate device	elaborate plot
similar	similar device	similar plot
common	common device	common plot
Other adjectives: complex, alien, standard, single, simple, small, actual, massive, large, big, great, complicated, evil, little, main, important, secret, major, minor, central, latest, recurring.

See also: the Documentary Episode, a Framing Device or plot used for certain episodes on a drama or comedy series.

Source: Mockumentary
Orichalcum is a central plot device and Plot Coupon in Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, a classic LucasArts Adventure Game which never got made into Indy 4.

Source: Orichalcum
At which point instead of going on some dim-witted revenge plot would have taken Spock, and the Red Matter device...to ROMULUS!

Source: Idiot Plot / Live-Action Film

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