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machinatesverbpresent tense third-person singular of machinate to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful endsa trio of courtiers who were discovered to be machinating against the queen colludes, compasses, connives, conspires, contrives, intrigues, plots, puts up, schemes counterplotsbrews, concocts, cooks (up), devises, hatchesengineers, jockeys, maneuvers, manipulatesdesigns, frames, lays out, maps, plans, shapes to plan out usually with subtle skill or carethe hackers machinated a way to steal credit numbers from the company's Web site contrives, engineers, finagles, finesses, frames, maneuvers, manipulates, masterminds, negotiates, wangles arranges, concerts, concludes, hammers out, works outangles (for), compasses, intrigues, plots, schemesconnivesbrews, concocts, cooks (up), hatchescaptains, commands, conducts, directs, handles, manages, quarterbacks, runsgerrymanders blows, bobbles, botches, bungles, butchers, flubs, fumbles, gums (up), louses up, mangles, messes (up), mishandles, muffs |