Definition
A secret plan or conspiracy formed by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal.
Etymology
From French 'complot', possibly influenced by 'complotter' or derived from 'com-' (together) plus an uncertain second element, possibly related to 'plot.' The word entered English in the 16th century during a period of religious and political intrigue.
Kelly Says
During the English Renaissance when this word flourished, real 'complots' were everywhere—the Gunpowder Plot, succession intrigues, religious conspiracies—so the term became essential vocabulary for describing the era's political dangers.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንቅስቃሴ
en-kis-qa-se
ARالعربية
مؤامرة
mow-a-ma-reh
CACatalà
complot
kom-plot
CSČeština
spiknutí
spik-nuti
DEDeutsch
Komplott
kom-plott
ELΕλληνικά
συνωμοσία
sin-o-mo-sia
ESEspañol
conspiración
kon-spe-ra-syon
FRFrançais
complot
kom-plo
HIहिन्दी
चालाकी
cha-la-kee
HUMagyar
összeesküvés
ossze-es-k-u-ves
IDBahasa Indonesia
intrik
in-trik
ITItaliano
complotto
kom-plot-to
MSBahasa Melayu
intrik
in-trik
NLNederlands
complot
kom-ploht
RORomână
complot
kom-plot
RUРусский
заговор
za-go-var
SVSvenska
konspiration
kon-spe-ra-syon
SWKiswahili
mpango wa siri
m-pan-go wa si-ri
TAதமிழ்
கோட்பாடு
ko-d-pa-du
UKУкраїнська
змова
z-mo-va
VITiếng Việt
âm mưu
am-moo
ZUZU
umngciphi
um-ng-ci-phi