plotter

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In a bid to remove the “stain in his blood” as the son of a Gunpowder Plotter, he decided to reinvent himself as a pirate.

From Economist • May 26, 2016

Fire officials say it happened Tuesday at about 7 p.m. while the teen was walking with five others in the Plotter Kill Preserve in Schenectady County.

From Washington Times • May 13, 2015

Soviet Coup Plotter Acquitted General Valentin Varennikov, a former Soviet Deputy Defense Minister, was acquitted of charges that he helped try to overthrow the government of Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Plotter General Pak set his military revolt in motion last week, only 3,600 soldiers were needed to bring the government down and send Premier Chang into hiding.

From Time Magazine Archive

Petticoat Plotter, a farce in two acts; acted at Drury Lane and Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 1720, 12mo.

From Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George