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machination

[ mak-uh-ney-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an act or instance of machinating.
Usually machinations. crafty schemes; plots; intrigues.
Synonyms: device, stratagem

machination

/ ˌmæʃ-; ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən /

1375–1425; late Middle English machinacion < Latin māchinātiōn- (stem of māchinātiō ). See machinate, -ion

The villain's machination, the lover tied to the railroad track, the train dashing to within two inches of its victim.

Lauzun was always occupied with some machination, even against those to whom he was indifferent; this kept his hand in.

Did the two facts announced by the speakers at the restaurant not form part of the same suspicious machination?

"We are possibly more interested than yourself in clearing up this mysterious machination," Marksman answered.

I will return to Paris to-morrow; I will defeat his machination, expose his falsehood!

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