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Gunpowder Plot

DEFINITIONS OF: Gunpowder Plot

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n a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes

Type of:
cabal, conspiracy
a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
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