to machinate

Examples

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• And that's kind of what makes the show so compelling: the drama, however machinated, has a very real and lasting result on those involved.

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• Kushal is machinating against me.

  The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

• She's fat and happy in her castle, busy machinating about what she and her husband can destroy next.

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• But I also know that when I go, but then I'm like, I'm like in my head, like machinating, you know, like nothing's really.

  Tom Bilyeu

• Perhaps, down the line, we may discover the archives file itself was machinated for the likes of nosy reporters like me.

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• The group met in secret, planning to machinate their next move against the competition.

• They quietly machinated a scheme to undermine the current leadership without anyone noticing.

Synonyms

P

to plot

vsto machinate

132 4.8

To make a secret plan to do something illegal

is broader, covering secret planning not only for harm

C

to conspire

vsto machinate

121 5.8

To secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful

can include solo or group secret planning, not only joint plots

C

to concoct

vsto machinate

49 6.0

Make up a story or excuse to trick people

emphasizes secret intent for dishonest ends rather than creativity

S

to scheme

vsto machinate

41 6.5

To make secret plans to do something dishonest

focuses more on the secret planning process than the outcome

C

to collude

vsto machinate

35 8.3

To secretly work with others to trick or cheat someone

is about secret planning generally, not only cooperative deception

C

to connive

vsto machinate

• Formal

5 8.8

Secretly allow or help someone to do something wrong

is active secret planning rather than passive allowance or support

C

to cook up a plan

vsto machinate

• Informal

1 4.4

To think of a clever or secret plan to do something

leans more toward secret, dishonest intent rather than mere cleverness

H

to hatch a scheme

vsto machinate

1 6.3

Plan something in secret, often to trick or surprise others

is similar but can apply to simpler or less cunning plans

I

to intrigue

vsto machinate

1 7.9

To secretly plan dishonest actions against others

covers secret planning generally, not only underhand actions

C

to cabal

vsto machinate

• Formal

1 9.7

To plot secretly to gain power, often in politics

is more general, applying to many dishonest purposes beyond politics

C

to collogue

vsto machinate

• Archaic

9.9

To meet secretly to plan something dishonest

is the same secret planning but without the meeting focus

How Devious

to conspire

121 5.8

to plot

132 4.8

to machinate

• Formal

1 9.9

to scheme

41 6.5

to plan

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology