to scheme
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6.5
- verb
- /skim/
:
maquinar
- Ever since I left his place, he's schemed to get even.
We see the future, we plot, we scheme.
- We see the future, we plot, we scheme.
Examples
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But these senators scheme and squabble and flatter and deceive.
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You plot and you scheme on how to get the other person to look at your goat or chicken wing or whatever.
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For a few weeks, they plot, they scheme, and they take measures to get even.
Fiction book (2001) -
And you lie, you scheme and you scam.
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You scheme and you laugh at me and plot!
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As far as she was concerned, there were no more reasons to scheme or apologize.
Fiction book (1991) -
Now Tony and I are also trying to scheme ways to keep this travel lifestyle going too!
Blog text (28) -
This is what you lied and schemed and murdered to achieve.
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The Royals will scheme to save their skins.
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Ever since I left his place, he's schemed to get even.
Synonyms
130
5.8
To secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful
120
4.8
To make a secret plan to do something illegal
46
6.0
Make up a story or excuse to trick people
44
8.3
To secretly work with others to trick or cheat someone
35
5.2
To make a plan in secret, often to surprise someone
19
8.8
Secretly allow or help someone to do something wrong
12
3.6
To make a secret or careful plan to do something
1
7.9
To secretly plan dishonest actions against others
1
4.4
To think of a clever or secret plan to do something
1
9.9
To make secret plans to do something bad
1
6.3
Plan something in secret, often to trick or surprise others
To plan secretly with others to do something illegal
To meet secretly to plan something dishonest
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
11
4.3
A plan that pays early investors with money from later investors instead of real profits
10
8.5
A dishonest plan where people pay to join and only earn money by recruiting others, not by selling things
1
4.6
A dishonest plan that promises to make you rich quickly with little work
- Jargon
1
9.5
A plan that uses false news to raise a stock price and sell shares, leaving other investors with losses
How Devious
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb scheme comes from the same root schema and kept the idea of making a plan, but people also used it for secret or dishonest plans. So to scheme is to make a hidden or unfair 'plan' to get what you want.