Intrigue
Intrigue noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.
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- Little does she suspect that her brother is plotting a huge intrigue, aiming to become the mayor of Tremmlingen, and that intrigue involves Tilla getting married to the horrible Veit Gürtler, a cruel merchant who had previously beaten his first wife to death.
Source: Literature / Die Pilgerin -
House of Flying Daggers is a tangled web of intrigue in which pretty much everyone is found to be secretly deceiving or plotting against pretty much everyone else.
Source: Gambit Pileup - MASH will have to face much more intrigue, plotting, and scheming and will fight for their future.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Reign
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