plot the overthrow

Frequency: 6.58.4 per million words

to make a secret plan to overthrow someone or something

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Examples (10)

  • They were arrested for plotting the overthrow of the current administration.
  • The conspirators met in secret to plot the overthrow of the king.
  • Several generals are suspected of plotting the overthrow of the military junta.
  • It took years of careful organization to plot the overthrow of the oppressive regime.
  • Evidence emerged that a small group was plotting the overthrow of the local government.
  • He spent most of his adult life plotting the overthrow of the system he despised.
  • The radicals were caught plotting the overthrow of the established order.
  • They managed to plot the overthrow of the tyrant without being detected by the secret police.
  • Foreign powers were accused of plotting the overthrow of the legitimate president.
  • The novel tells the story of students plotting the overthrow of a futuristic dictatorship.