Definition of "intrigue" []

• A secret or underhand scheme; a plot. (noun)
• The practice of or involvement in such schemes. (noun)
• A clandestine love affair. (noun)
• To engage in secret or underhand schemes; plot. (verb-intransitive)
• To effect by secret scheming or plotting. (verb-transitive)

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• "Patty and Una are right -- the intrigue is the fact that we see only enough of Kaleb to want more."
• "That I saw evidence of what they call intrigue because he said that he had dalliances with other women but he never crossed the ultimate line but he had some physical contact."
• "The topic of all this intrigue is the reorganization plan being put together by Superintendent Rudolph F. Crew."