underplot
Noun
Meaning
A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it.
A clandestine scheme; a trick.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
confederacy
game
cabal
scheme
trick
conspiracy
manipulation
rigging
intrigue
collusion
finesse
scheming
artifice
stratagem
contrivance
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