Definition of intrigue

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Intrigue (v. i.) A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.

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Wire-pulling :: Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue..
Gallantry :: Gallantry (n.) Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue..
Brigue :: Brigue (n.) A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel..
Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events..
Backdoor :: Backdoor (a.) Acting from behind and in concealment; as, backdoor intrigues..
Intriguery :: Intriguery (n.) Arts or practice of intrigue.
Tool :: Tool (n.) A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes..
Angle :: Angle (v. i.) To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise..
Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
Intrigante :: Intrigante (n.) A female intriguer.
Court-craft :: Court-craft (n.) The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts..
Figaro :: Figaro (n.) An adroit and unscrupulous intriguer.
Cabal :: Cabal (n.) The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
Node :: Node (n.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece..
Plot :: Plot (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot..
Jesuit :: Jesuit (n.) Fig.: A crafty person; an intriguer.
Manager :: Manager (n.) A contriver; an intriguer.
Junto :: "Junto (n.) A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians..
Deeply :: Deeply (adv.) With profound skill; with art or intricacy; as, a deeply laid plot or intrigue..
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