scheme
skeem
- n an elaborate and systematic plan of action
- n a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
- n a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
- n an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
- n a schematic or preliminary plan
- v form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- v devise a system or form a scheme for
- Two men lured victims into an $80 million Ponzi scheme by convincing them they were investing in thousands of automated teller machines that in fact were never purchased, federal .
- Before being caught, Madoff was working on a scheme to dole out his funds' remaining $300 million to the firm's employees and his family members.
- Though smaller than Madoff's, the Cosmo scheme is alleged to have hit 1,500 investors and run up sizable losses.