machinations Definition

intrigue, intrigues, conspiracies, dealings, maneuvers, actions, plots, schemes, conspiracy, activities, manoeuvres, practices, tampering, handling, labourers, shenanigans, manipulations, chicanery, doings, skulduggery, cabal, skullduggery, nefariousness, subterfuge, deceptions, duplicity, lackeys, deviousness, treachery, goings, perfidy, maneuvering, stratagems, follies, venality, travails, ploys, imbroglios, sleights, mendacity, convolutions, minions, sycophants, posturing, depredations, workings, backstabbing, dissembling, dirty tricks, avarice, cronies, politicking, squabbles, byzantine, charade, kerfuffles, meddling, malevolence, jobbery, misdeeds, manoeuvering, antics, connivers, infighting, insanities, sophistries, apparat, stooges, gamesmanship, wiles, foibles, vagaries, deceit, gambits, evildoing, wrangles, elites, entanglements, vicissitudes, furies, knavery, spinelessness, backroom, scheming, obfuscation, realpolitik, dramatis personae, hirelings, manipulators, transmogrification, hackery, whims, flunkies, depravities, legerdemain, shadiness, machinated, contrivances, craven, doubletalk,