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From the verb scheme: (⇒ conjugate)
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scheming
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Synonyms:

tricky , cunning , crafty , sly , artful, cagey, calculating, conniving, designing, devious , disingenuous, duplicitous, false , finagling, foxy, intriguing , manipulative, slippery , snaky, up to something, plotting

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Sense: Noun: plan

Synonyms:

plot , plan , course of action, approach , system , methodology, strategy , stratagem, design , artifice, game plan, master plan, procedure , program , programme (UK), guidelines, scam , schema, blueprint , gambit, gimmick , angle , contrivance, machination, dirty trick (informal), ploy

Sense: Verb: plot

Synonyms:

contrive, plot , plan , conspire, hatch a plot, devise a plot, concoct a plot, cook up a plot, connive, angle , scam , intrigue, machinate, wheel and deal (informal)

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