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| NOUN: | 1. A piece of land: lot, parcel, tract. See TERRITORY. 2. A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: cabal, collusion, connivance, conspiracy, intrigue, machination, scheme. See CRIMES, PLANNED. 3. The series of events and relationships forming the basis of a composition: story, story line. See HAPPEN, WORDS. | | VERB: | 1. To show graphically the direction or location of, as by using coordinates: chart, lay out, map (out). See SHOW. 2. To work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: collude, connive, conspire, intrigue, machinate, scheme. See CRIMES, PLANNED.
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