counterplot's Usage Examples:

details of his campaign are not very clearly stated, and the story is further complicated by the plots and counterplots of Rufinus,.

In1779-1780Prairie du Chien was the scene of plots and counterplots of American and British sympathizers and of the activities of Godefrey Linctot,.

But indeed the whole of this intermediate period is full of dark subterranean plots and counterplots, still inexplicable, as, for instance, the hideous Fersen murder (June 20, 1 810) (see Fersen, Hans Axel Von) evidently intended to terrorize the Gustavians, whose loyalty to the ancient dynasty was notorious.

There are conflicting accounts of the plots and counterplots and of the court intrigues, the relative truth of which will probably never be known.

His spies were naturally doubtful characters, because the profession does not attract honest men; morality of methods can no more be expected from counterplotters than from plotters; and the prevalence of political or religious assassination made counterplot a necessity in the interests of the state.

It was a time of plots and counterplots, when England seemed on the brink of another civil war.

Synonyms:

counterplan, secret plan, game, plot,

Antonyms:

inactivity, away game, home game, cowardly, fit,