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

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)

As for you, my daughter—as for you, my son-in-law—I shall denounce your execrable complot to my friends of the mad-men's party, to Hebert, to James Roux the disfrocked priest, to Varlet.

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

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

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