Usually means: Struggle or scheme for power.
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  1. brigue: Merriam-Webster
  2. brigue: Collins English Dictionary
  3. brigue: Wordnik
  4. brigue: Wiktionary
  5. Brigue: Dictionary.com
  6. Brigue: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Brigue: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. brigue: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Brigue: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. brigue: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. brigue: FreeDictionary.org
  12. brigue: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. Brigue: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Brigue)

noun:  (obsolete) Intrigue; secretive machinations.
verb:  (obsolete) To achieve or obtain by underhand methods.
noun:  French spelling of Brig, Switzerland.

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