Plot and Vicinity

Plot

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

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

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

Vicinity noun - An adjoining region or space.

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Plot and vicinity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Vicinity".

Nearby Word: vicinal

entire	entire plot	entire vicinity
general	general plot	general vicinity

Many murder mysteries set up the plot so that every character had a motive; but why would someone be in a situation where everyone in the vicinity has a motive to kill them?

Source: Literature / Murder on the Orient Express
The film version features scenes at the abandoned Shorewood (Illinois) mall, implying that the main plot takes place approximately an hour's drive southwest of Chicago in the vicinity of Joliet.

Source: Everytown, America
The Fate systems such as Dresden RPG and Strands of Fate have the Aspect system where all characters have a set of "Aspects" which basically causes PCs and other important characters to have a serious case of Plot Happens in their general vicinity.

Source: Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane

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