MACHINATIONS


Meaning of MACHINATIONS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mækɪneɪʃ(ə)nz, mæʃ- ]

You use machinations to describe secret and complicated plans, especially to gain power.

...the political machinations that brought him to power.

N-PLURAL : usu with supp [ disapproval ]

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