A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.
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To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot together.
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A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.
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A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
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A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
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A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
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Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion.
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Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion.
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Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.
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Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.
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A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.
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A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.
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Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala
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To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
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A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.
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To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
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To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.
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