Wire-pulling and Counterplot

(n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.

noun

• A plot intended to subvert another plot.
  • synonyms: counterplan

verb

• Make a plot in response to another plot. .

• (n.) A plot or artifice opposed to another.
• (v.t.) To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.