verb
- present participle of complot; engaging in a secret plan or conspiracy with others to do something unlawful or harmful
Usage: archaic or literary; often used in historical or formal contexts
Examples
- The nobles were accused of complotting against the king.
- They were caught complotting to overthrow the government.
- The conspirators spent months complotting in secret.
- He denied complotting with his rivals to manipulate the election.
- The documents revealed they had been complotting since the previous year.