machination
[mak-uh-ney-shuhn]
noun
an act or instance of machinating.
Usually machinations. crafty schemes; plots; intrigues.
RELATED WORDS
stratagem, conspiracy, ploy, intrigue, ruse, dodge, cabal, sellout, practice, trick, design, artifice, device, scheme, skullduggery
Origin of machination
Synonyms for machination
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Examples from the Web for machination
Historical Examples of machination
The protest of the church was of no avail to defeat the machination of demagogues.
A History of American ChristianityLeonard Woolsey Bacon
All MacTaggart's anger rose against madame for her machination.
Doom CastleNeil Munro
Disunion is at the bottom of this long-concealed Texas machination.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2)Thomas Hart Benton
It is pleasant to record that all this match-making and machination came to naught.
Child Life in Colonial DaysAlice Morse Earle
It was not the machination or revenge of a disappointed suitor.
machination
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