machination
noun/ˌmæʃɪˈneɪʃn/
/ˌmæʃɪˈneɪʃn/
[usually plural] (disapproving)- a secret and complicated plan synonym plot, intrigue
- I don’t want to get involved in all his machinations.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or Latin machinatio-, from machinat- ‘contrived’, from machinari ‘contrive’, from machina, from Doric Greek makhana (Greek mēkhanē, from mēkhos ‘contrivance’).
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