Translation of "intrige" into English

Renkespill, snikmord og politiske intriger var skampletter på deres embete.

Schemes, assassinations, and political intrigues tainted their office.

Du har et utgangspunkt, en setting, men ingen karakterer eller intrige.

You've got a premise and setting but you don't have character arcs or a plot.

I mellomtiden laget Billee-jenta intriger på egen hånd

Now in the meantime, Billee girl was scheming on her own