Definition of "counterplot" []

• A plot or scheme intended to subvert another plot. (noun)
• See subplot. (noun)
• To oppose or subvert one plot with another. (verb-intransitive)
• To plot against; thwart with a counterplot. (verb-transitive)

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• "And as I watch yet another hour of portentous posturing, as Anna blabs on about "the magnitude of what is coming" while the rebels of the Fifth Column counterplot against them, I can't help also wonder what in the world the V's are waiting for."
• "It was warfare dark and devious, replete with intrigue and conspiracy, plot and counterplot."
• "As the mysterious Unwritten cabal set their own counterplot in motion to stop him, Tom arrives at the Swiss villa where Frankenstein was conceived and witnesses a terrifying vision!"