plot

(authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

An area or land used for building on or planting on.

A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.

“The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.”

Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

A plan; a purpose.

To conceive (a crime, etc).

“They had plotted a robbery.”

To trace out (a graph or diagram).

“They plotted the number of edits per day.”

To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

“Every five minutes they plotted their position.”

To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.

“They were plotting against the king.”