Plot and Trickery

Plot

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

Usage example: the Secret Service uncovered just in time a plot to assassinate the President

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Trickery and plot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trickery" instead a noun "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

Trickery noun - The use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end.

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Plot and trickery are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Trickery".

Nearby Words: trick, tricky, tricking

elaborate	elaborate plot	elaborate trickery
similar	similar plot	similar trickery
complex	complex plot	complex trickery
many	many plot	many trickery
Other adjectives: simple, complicated, evil, little, general, larger.

A common variant of the above plot is to have Lisanna use some form of trickery, usually a Wounded Gazelle Gambit, to turn the rest of Team Natsu against Lucy.

Source: Fandom Specific Plot / Anime and Manga
The resolution of the whole plot turns on trickery.

Source: Literature / Hellspark
A minor plot point in the Warhammer 40,000 Gaunt's Ghosts novel Ghostmaker, through psychic trickery.

Source: Strolling Through the Chaos

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