Plot indica una cuidadosa previsión en la elaboración de una compleja intriga <an assassination plot>.
Intrigue connota un maniobrar secreto y deshonesto en un ambiente de duplicidad <in an office full of intrigue, he was welcome for his honesty>.
Machination indica el planear una serie de molestias, perjuicios o maldades, e imputa hostilidad o traición a los que la planean <her machinations were so obvious that we all joked about them>.
Conspiracy indica un acuerdo secreto entre varias personas, a menudo, pero no siempre, con fines traicioneros <the oil companies' conspiracy to set prices>.
Cabal se aplica a una intriga que, típicamente, involucra a personas de cierta eminencia, y cuyo fin es favorable para ellos pero nocivo para las personas afectadas <joined a cabal against the general>.
Scheme connota un plan astuto, especialmente uno que utiliza decepción o engaños <a scheme to cheat elderly people out of their money>.
trazar
- to trace, to draw up, to devise, to outline, to sketch
marcar
- to mark, to score, to brand (livestock), to dial, to indicate, to show, to emphasize, to dial (a telephone), to guard (an opponent), to score (a goal, a point)
