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n.
1) to concoct, cook up, devise, think up a ~
2) to foil, thwart a ~
3) a diabolical; fantastic; get-rich-quick; grandiose; nefarious; preposterous, wild-eyed ~
4) a ~ to + inf. (she concocted a ~ to get publicity)
5) ( misc. ) in the overall ~ of things
USAGE NOTE: In CE , a ~ can be dishonest or crafty; this connotation is probably encountered more frequently in AE than in BE .
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v. ( derog. ) ( E ) they are ~ing to take over the government