machinate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (“scheme, plot”), a verb based on Latin māchina (“machine, contrivance, device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. See also machine.

verb

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
    Had she already managed to machinate a cushy job for her husband? 2011, Ian Douglas Robertson, Turtle Hawks

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