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Best answers for Machination – Crossword Clue


Answer: ruse


Clue Length Answer
Machination4 lettersruse
  1. Definition: 1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Machination4 letterstrap
  1. Definition: 1. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

Machination4 lettersplot
  1. Definition: 1. plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government"

Machination4 lettersplan
  1. Definition: 1. have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion"

Machination5 letterscabal
  1. Definition: 1. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

Machination5 letterstrick
  1. Definition: 1. in heraldry, a sketch of a coat of arms in outline.

Machination6 lettersartful
  1. Definition: 1. marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"

Machination6 lettersscheme
  1. Definition: 1. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Machination6 lettersdesign
  1. Definition: 1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "

Machination7 letterssleight
  1. Definition: 1. adroitness in using the hands

Machination7 letterstactics
  1. Definition: 1. a plan for attaining a particular goal

Machination7 lettersrigging
  1. Definition: 1. formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel

Machination8 lettersintrigue
  1. Definition: 1. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Machination8 lettersscheming
  1. Definition: 1. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"

Machination8 lettersartifice
  1. Definition: 1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Machination8 letterstrickery
  1. Definition: 1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Machination9 lettersmanoeuvre
  1. Definition: 1. an action aimed at evading an opponent

Machination9 lettersstratagem
  1. Definition: 1. a maneuver in a game or conversation

Machination10 lettersconspiracy
  1. Definition: 1. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

Machination10 letterssubterfuge
  1. Definition: 1. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"

Machination11 lettersskulduggery
  1. Definition: 1. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

Machination11 letterscontrivance

    Machination12 letterswire-pulling


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