complot

Example Sentences

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And here they found John when they stole in one after the other, soft-footed, that the boy might suspect no complot.

From The Marriage of Elinor by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

Flour and grain, by reason of the court's complot, began to run low.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne

He fancies, or asserts himself, the victim of a domestic complot against him;—accounts are accounts—prices are prices;—let him make out a fair detail.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

Nay, if the Douglas and the Hepburn hatch the complot together, the bird, when it breaks the shell, will scare Scotland.

From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir

To what fell complot was I then exposed!

From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Baudelaire, Charles