machinateverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈmæʃ.ɪ.neɪt//ˈmæk.ɪ.neɪt/us/ˈmæk.ə.neɪt/to make secret plans in order to get an advantage
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Plotting & trapping
- be in league with sb idiom
- cahoots
- catch sb out
- chicanery
- cloak-and-dagger
- conspiratorial
- conspire
- entrap
- entrapment
- hatch
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- plot
- plotter
- put-up job
- scheme
- set-up
- snare
- sting
- stratagem
- trap
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