intrigue

  1. Noun.  A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
  2. Noun.  The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves his imaginary characters.
  3. Noun.  Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.

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