Intrigues [noun]
Definition of Intrigues:
scheme
Synonyms of Intrigues:
● Plot
● Fraud
● Dodge
● Cabal
● Trickery
● Deal
● Maneuver
● Hookup
● Fix
● Artifice
● Ruse
● Game
● Design
● Wile
● Graft
● Plan
● Frame-up
Sentence/Example of Intrigues:
Let them open their minds to us, let them put upon permanent record the significance of all their intrigues and manœuvres.
Jessie recalled all the strange stories she had heard of the ruling house of Asturia, of its intrigues and fiery conspiracies.
Intrigues were formed in every direction; it was reported that the King had discharged his Ministers.
He was a poor count, elected partly through intrigue, and his reign was a series of intrigues to maintain himself in power.
Few intrigues are secret; many women are not better known by their husbands names than they are by the names of their gallants.
He was concerned with the villainous intrigues of Cerizet, his copy-clerk, and with Theodose de la Peyrade, the tricky lawyer.
That there had been intrigues between the Desmonds and the Connaught rebels was probably true enough.
Had Catherine foreseen the effect of her intrigues upon her son, would she have recoiled from them?
They had, he said, borne long enough with the intrigues of the French, and the authority of the Prince must be re-established.
The intrigues of the French court were, however, extended to that part of the Iberian peninsula also.