Synonyms and related words :
Byzantine, Machiavellian, artifice, cabal, calculating, collusion, collusive, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, connivent, conniving, conspiracy, conspiring, contrivance, contriving, counterplot, covin, deep-laid plot, designing, engineering, finagling, finesse, frame-up, game, intrigue, intriguing, little game, machination, maneuvering, manipulation, packed deal, packed jury, planning, plot, prearrangement, preconcertedness, premeditation, preordering, put-up job, rigged jury, rigging, scheme, schemery, scheming, setup, stacked deck, stratagem, stratagemical, trick, underplot, up to, web of intrigue, wire-pulling