deep-laid

American  

[deep-leyd] / ˈdipˈleɪd /

adjective

1. carefully, cunningly, or secretly made.

   a deep-laid plot.

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deep-laid British  

adjective

1. (of a plot or plan) carefully worked out and kept secret

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Etymology

Origin of deep-laid

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

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deep-laid

Neither she, nor the German people, understood how her policy was aiding the deep-laid plans of Bismarck.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bayard Taylor

A deep-laid plot was hatched to hamper British bankers so that they could not lend money to France and Russia.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by James Edward Parrott

Early in 1861, Mr. Felton had made, as he supposed, a remarkable discovery of "a deep-laid conspiracy to capture Washington and break up the Government."

From Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War by George William Brown

And for all your deep-laid schemes he has a parry.

From Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

That one unguarded word betrayed to Waldemar that the opposition to which he had thus far attached little importance, was the result of a deep-laid scheme on the part of his mother.

From Vineta The Phantom City by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner