You use ~ to describe secret and complicated plans, especially to gain power.
...the political ~ that brought him to power.
N-PLURAL: usu with supp disapproval
You use ~ to describe secret and complicated plans, especially to gain power.
...the political ~ that brought him to power.
N-PLURAL: usu with supp disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012