intrigue

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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/unplanned.

verb

1. To work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: collude, connive, conspire, machinate, plot, scheme. See crimes, planned/unplanned.
2. To arouse the interest and attention of: attract, interest. Slang turn on. See excite/bore/interest.

v

Definition: arouse curiosity
Antonyms: bore

v

Definition: plot
Antonyms: forget, neglect

intrigue, an older term for the plot of a play or story, or for its most complicated portion. In another sense closer to modern usage, the term may also refer to the secret scheme (‘plot’ in the other sense, as conspiracy) that one character or group of characters devises in order to outwit others. Much European comedy of the 17th century is based on complex plots about plotters, and is sometimes called the comedy of intrigue, especially where intricacy of plot overshadows the development of character or of satiric theme.

IN BRIEF: A plot or scheme, usually complicated and secretive.

'Tis the talk, and not the intrigue, that's the crime. — George Granville (1667-1735), English poet, dramatist.

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• Intrigues, Plots, and Corruption - intrigue: secret scheme or plot; underhanded or deceitful stratagem, often very intricate

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - intrigere, smede rænker
v. tr. - tiltrække, fængsle, optage
n. - intrige, rænke, intrigeren

Nederlands (Dutch)
intrigeren, nieuwsgierig maken, samenzweren, intrige, geheime liefde, mysterie, samenzwering

Français (French)
v. intr. - intriguer, comploter (contre, avec), mener des intrigues
v. tr. - intriguer, éveiller/piquer la curiosité de
n. - intrigue, machination, (Théât) intrigue

Deutsch (German)
n. - Intrige, Machenschaften
v. - faszinieren, intrigieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μηχανορραφία, ραδιουργία, ίντριγκα, κρυφή ερωτική σχέση
v. - δολοπλοκώ, ραδιουργώ, μηχανορραφώ, διεγείρω, εξάπτω το ενδιαφέρον ή την περιέργεια

Italiano (Italian)
incuriosire, cospirare, intrigo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - intriga (f)
v. - intrigar

Русский (Russian)
интриговать, интрига

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - intrigar, tener intrigas amorosas
v. tr. - intrigar, lograr o procurar mañosamente, enredar, complicar
n. - intriga, manejo, trama, conspiración

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - intrig, hemlig kärleksförbindelse
v. - intrigera, ha en hemlig kärleksförbindelse, väcka intresse hos, försätta i spänning, fängsla, förbrylla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
密谋, 私通, 激起...的兴趣, 用诡计取得, 阴谋, 诡计

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 密謀, 私通
v. tr. - 激起...的興趣, 用詭計取得
n. - 陰謀, 詭計

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 음모를 꾸미다, 술책을 쓰다
v. tr. - ~에 흥미를 자아내다, 달성하다
n. - 음모, 밀통, 줄거리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 陰謀, 秘密の情事
v. - 陰謀を企てる, 興味をそそる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكيدة, خداع, تآمر, علاقه غراميه سريه (فعل) يكيد, يخدع, يتآمر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮תכנן בחשאי, עשה קנוניה, זמם, הזפיע בסוד‬
v. tr. - ‮הקסים, סקרן, עניין‬
n. - ‮מזימה, קנוניה, סקרן, עניין, רומן חשאי‬

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