intrigues

/ษชnหˆtษนiหษกz/
noun
  1. 1

    A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.

  2. 2

    The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.

  3. 3

    Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.

verb
  1. 1

    To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.

  2. 2

    To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.

  3. 3

    To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.

  4. 4

    To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intrigue, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intrigues