complot

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Jack Reacher descubre un complot a nivel estatal para culpar a Susan Turner, la antigua jefa de su unidad, de traición al gobierno.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019

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

Richard's speech:   Nor never by advised purpose meet,   To plot, contrive, or complot any ill,   'Gainst us, our state, our subjects, or our land.

From Literary Remains, Volume 2 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Richard's speech:— “Nor never by advised purpose meet, To plot, contrive, or complot any ill, 'Gainst us, our state, our subjects, or our land.”

From Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Rodoricke, thou highly favourest me in this And doubt not, if my complot take effect, Ile make thee Duke of Burbon.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)