machination

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[ UK /mˌækɪnˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌmækəˈneɪʃən, ˌmæʃəˈneɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
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How To Use machination In A Sentence

  • They will not see through the superficial machinations of modern baaskap whose heart is filled with envy at seeing the dream becoming true, of a people united in a social contract, working together black and white, to determine a better future for themselves. SPEECH BY NKOSINATHI NHLEKO, CHIEF WHIP OF THE MAJORITY PARTY ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
  • Instead, we now have a 60 minute animated movie that tells us the story in excruciating detail, and adds a whole new series of plot twists and machinations.
  • He wrote a book called The Prince in which he described the amoral maneuvers and machinations of men in power.
  • Students are too busy having fun and learning how to get rich to join in the political machinations of their teachers. Times, Sunday Times
  • The script does a poor job of explaining the complicated sociopolitical machinations that many believe will accompany the end-time.
  • It would not further confuse a public who already find the machinations of Westminster almost unfathomable. Times, Sunday Times
  • I don't want to get involved in all his machinations.
  • An outsider's account of the machinations involved makes fascinating reading.
  • He was perhaps the crookedest lawyer I had ever come across; it still smarted that eighteen months before I had been forced to abandon a case against him through the ruthless machinations of his patron, Richard Rich. Excerpt: Revelation by C.J. Sansom
  • And its death was not due to the great tactics or machinations of the Bush administration, but due to its own crimes and callous repugnancy. Sunday, January 18, 2009
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