Term: intrigue: a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
Broader: plot: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Unrelated: european lobster: lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe
Broader: plot: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Unrelated: stem-winder: a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem
Broader: plot: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Unrelated: jungle cat: small Asiatic wildcat
Broader: plot: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Unrelated: core: the center of an object
Broader: plot: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Unrelated: confessional: a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
Broader: plot: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Unrelated: santa lucia fir: a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines
Broader: plot: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Unrelated: splinter group: a faction or sect that has broken away from its parent organization
Broader: plot: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Unrelated: coal seam: a seam of coal
Broader: plot: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Unrelated: compartment: a space into which an area is subdivided
Broader: plot: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Unrelated: rose geranium: any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and pink flowers