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machination
a crafty scheme or cunning plot
Synonyms
- scheme
- plot
- intrigue
Antonyms
- candor
- honesty
- openness
machination in a sentence
The minister's machination was designed to remove his rival from office.
The forged documents were merely one part of the conspirators' machination.
Where it comes from
From Latin machinatio, meaning 'a contrivance or ingenious device.'
Memory hook
MACHINATION contains MACHINE: picture a secret political machine creating cunning plots.
Read it in context
- The Season of Reckoning History
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