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/mˌækɪnˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌmækəˈneɪʃən, ˌmæʃəˈneɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌmækəˈneɪʃən, ˌmæʃəˈneɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
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