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machination

mac·hi·na·tion

UK/ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən/ US/ˌmæʃɪˈneɪʃən/ uncommon

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1.

a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends

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From Middle English machynacion, machynacyon, from Middle French machination and directly Latin māchinātiōnem, from māchinor (“devise, invent”). By surface analysis, machinate + -ion or machine + -ation.

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