conniveries

/kəˈnaɪvəriz/
noun
  1. Secret plans or actions that involve trickery or dishonest cooperation, especially to do something wrong or illegal.
    • Her conniveries to get the promotion involved spreading false rumors about her coworkers.
    • The two politicians were caught in a web of conniveries to steal public funds.
    • The novel is full of courtly conniveries and backstabbing among the nobles.
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