machination

machination
I noun artful dodge, artifice, cabal, collusion, conspiracy, contrivance, covin, crafty design, crafty device, crafty plan, design, dodge, dolus, foul play, intrigue, jugglery, machina, maneuver, manipulation, plot, ploy, ruse, scheme, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, tactic, treachery, trick, underplot, wile, wily device II index artifice, cabal, connivance, contrivance, deception, device (contrivance), expedient, frame up, hoax, maneuver (trick), premeditation, ruse, scheme, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


machination
n.
Scheming or plotting, usually to carry out some evil purpose.

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  • machination — [ maʃinasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIIe; de machiner ♦ Ensemble de menées secrètes, plus ou moins déloyales. ⇒ agissements, complot, 1. manœuvre, ruse. Ténébreuses, diaboliques machinations. Être l auteur, la victime d une machination. ● machination nom… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Machination — Mach i*na tion, n. [L. machinatio: cf. F. machination.] 1. The act of machinating. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot. [1913 Webster] Devilish machinations come to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • machination — (n.) late 15c., a plotting, intrigue, from O.Fr. machinacion plot, conspiracy, scheming, intrigue, from L. machinationem (nom. machinatio) device, contrivance, machination, noun of action from pp. stem of machinari contrive skillfully, to design; …   Etymology dictionary

  • machination — Machination. s. f. v. Action par laquelle on dresse des embusches à quelqu un pour le surprendre. La machination fut descouverte …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Machination — (lat.), hinterlistiges Treiben; geheime Ränke; machinieren, Ränke schmieden …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Machination — Machination, lat. dtsch., Anstiftung, das Ränkeschmieden; machiniren, anstiften, durch Ränke zu Stande bringen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • machination — intrigue, conspiracy, *plot, cabal Analogous words: *trick, ruse, stratagem, maneuver, gambit, ploy, artifice, feint, wile …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • machination — meaning ‘scheming, laying plots’, is pronounced mak i nay shǝn or mash i nay shǝn …   Modern English usage

  • machination — [n] maneuver, plot artifice, cabal, conspiracy, design, device, dirty work*, dodge*, intrigue, monkey business*, on the make*, ploy, practice, ruse, scheme, sellout, skullduggery*, song and dance*, stratagem, trick; concept 660 …   New thesaurus

  • machination — et tromperie, Fabrica, Machinatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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