mastermindverb [ T ]
uk/ˈmɑː.stə.maɪnd/us/ˈmæs.tɚ.maɪnd/to plan a difficult activity, often a crime, in detail and make certain that it happens successfully:
He's believed to have masterminded the attacks.
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Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- I might have known idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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mastermind
noun [ C ] ukus
a criminal mastermind