machination

4 definitions found

machination - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Machination \Mach`i*na"tion\, n. [L. machinatio: cf. F.
     machination.]
     1. The act of machinating. --Shak.
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     2. That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous
        scheme; an artful design or plot.
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              Devilish machinations come to naught. --Milton.
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              His ingenious machinations had failed. --Macaulay.
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machination - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  machination
      n 1: a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually
           sinister) ends [syn: intrigue, machination]

machination - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  MACHINATION. The act by which some plot or conspiracy is set on foot. 
  
  

machination - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "machination":
     artifice, behind-the-scenes influence, cabal, chicane, chicanery,
     collusion, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, connivery,
     conspiracy, contrivance, contriving, counterplot, covin,
     deep-laid plot, design, designing, devices, dodgery, engineering,
     expedients, finagling, finesse, foul play, frame-up, gambit, game,
     influence, intrigue, intriguing, little game, maneuvering,
     maneuvers, manipulating, manipulation, move, pettifoggery,
     pettifogging, plot, plotting, ploy, political influence, practice,
     rigging, ruse, scheme, schemery, scheming, sharp practice,
     skulduggery, sleight, stratagem, supercherie, tactical maneuvers,
     tactics, trick, trickery, underhand dealing, underplot,
     web of intrigue, wile, wire-pulling