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Machination

//ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes. countable, in-plural, uncountable

    "Machinations, hollowneſſe, treacherie, and all ruinous diſorders follow vs diſquietly to our Graues."

  2. 2
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of machinating or plotting. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English machynacion, machynacyon, from Middle French machination and directly Latin māchinātiōnem, from māchinor (“devise, invent”). By surface analysis, machinate + -ion or machine + -ation.

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