machination
Meanings
Plural: machinations
Noun
- a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
- A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
- The act of machinating or plotting.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French machination, or directly borrowed from Latin māchinātiōnem, from māchinor (“devise, invent”) c. 1150–1475. By surface analysis, machinate + -ion or machine + -ation.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 18
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Words With Friends Score: 21
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