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machinateverb to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful endsa trio of courtiers who were discovered to be machinating against the queen collude, compass, connive, conspire, contrive, intrigue, plot, put up, scheme counterplotbrew, concoct, cook (up), devise, hatchengineer, jockey, maneuver, manipulatedesign, frame, lay out, map, plan, shape to plan out usually with subtle skill or carethe hackers machinated a way to steal credit numbers from the company's Web site contrive, engineer, finagle, finesse, frame, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, wangle arrange, concert, conclude, hammer out, work outangle (for), compass, intrigue, plot, schemeconnivebrew, concoct, cook (up), hatchcaptain, command, conduct, direct, handle, manage, quarterback, rungerrymander blow, bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, flub, fumble, gum (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), mishandle, muff in 1537 |