| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: cabal, collusion, connivance, conspiracy, machination, plot, scheme. See CRIMES, PLANNED. | | VERB: | 1. To arouse the interest and attention of: attract, interest. Slang : turn on. See EXCITE. 2. To work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: collude, connive, conspire, machinate, plot, scheme. See CRIMES, PLANNED.
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