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Definition of machination : 1. That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.
2. The act of machinating.

Synonyms:

fraud, intrigue, cabal, cheat, invention, scheme, connivance, craft, blind, study at plot, planned, cunning, guile, art, finesse, conspiracy, collusion, crimes, wile, imposture

plot, wrinkle, tactics, ruse, trick of the trade, feint, artifice, stratagem, game, contrivance, subterfuge, device, maneuver, deception, trick, trickery, Trojan horse, dodge, trap, ploy, pitfall

Usage examples:

• From what I see already of the machination in which you have been involved, your case is desperate upon that side; and for the narrow eye of the authorities you are infallibly the guilty person. - "New-Arabian-Nights", Stevenson, Robert Louis.
• In the well- meant telegram she saw only a new machination of the enemy- perhaps even of Elizabeth Fortinbras. - "Sweethearts at Home", S. R. Crockett.
• How could he guess, for instance, that the letter was an instrument, and he the victim, of a Popish machination? - "The Cardinal's Snuff-Box", Henry Harland.