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machination
Part of speech: NounA hostile plot; a scheme to do evil; an artful design or plot.
Usage examples "machination":- It was necessary to conjure up an excuse; and in the truly diabolical machination resorted to for that purpose, Bonaparte brought into play that crafty disposition for which he was so remarkable. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
- I will return to Paris to- morrow; I will defeat his machination, expose his falsehood! - "Alice, or The Mysteries, Book X", Edward Bulwer Lytton.
- I have just received a most unforeseen blow, my dear Louis, and even while I write have scarcely recovered from the alarm of a horrible machination from which we were only saved by a miracle. - "French and Oriental Love in a Harem", Mario Uchard.