scheme
Example Sentences
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But, after scheming to obtain the résumés of rival applicants, he worries one of them is better positioned to be hired.
The lawsuit also claims that Wilson was misused as an elite pass rusher, that the Georgia defensive scheme called for him to drop back into pass coverage.
From Los Angeles Times
“His calculated ‘pump-and-dump’ schemes repeatedly wiped out employee and investor value.
From Los Angeles Times
In one instance, it called a new election in a congressional race tainted by an illegal scheme to fraudulently collect and fill out mail-in ballots.
From Salon
In popular usage, it assumes the thing signified must be false, whereas people do conspire, and it is reasonable to devise theories about their schemes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
