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• v  form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
• v  devise a system or form a scheme for
• s  used of persons
• s  concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
  a scheming wife
  a scheming gold digger

• Kim Jong Il is scheming to exploit Gulf War II for his own devious purposes The Sunshine Policy A Very Expensive Affair Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?.
• And will he locate a furtive decency under all that artful scheming? Neither holds much suspense, since 1) this is an action movie and 2) DiCaprio takes lots of risks as an actor .
• Bob's son Tom is married to the scheming Natalie, whom he defended in court.

• scheme
• intrigue
• connive
• calculating
• calculative
• conniving
• shrewd
• designing

News & Articles

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• Apple Executive Denies Scheming With Publishers At E-Book Price Fixing Trial
  A top Apple Inc. executive described as Steve Jobs’ right-hand man took the witness stand at a Manhattan price-fixing trial and denied scheming with major book publishers to drive up the cost of electronic books.
  June 13, 2013 - CBS San Francisco
• Playing for laughs
  Courtesans, a scheming slave, music, humor and more will take over the McHale Performing Arts Center stage beginning Friday. Logansport’s Civic Players will present “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” directed by David Quigney. The musi
  June 13, 2013 - Pharos-Tribune
• Exec at NY trial: Apple didn't fix e-book prices
  A top Apple Inc. executive described as Steve Jobs' right-hand man took the witness stand at a Manhattan price-fixing trial and denied scheming with major book publishers to drive up the cost of electronic ...
  June 13, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in KXMC
  CHICAGO (AP) President-elect Barack Obama says the new financial regulators he has selected will help "crack down on the culture of greed and scheming."
• Kobe Bryant in Washington Post
  They're a great scheming team,Bryant said of the Celtics. "They have a strategy in place, and they execute extremely well. I feel pretty comfortable. It's just great defense. It's right up there with the best of them."
• Charlie Kaufman in Washington Post
  As long as the Dalai side stops activities splitting the motherland, stops activities scheming and instigating violence, and stops activities sabotaging the Beijing Olympic Games, we are ready to continue contacts and talks with him at any... Hu Jintao http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Jintao&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHFnrPUS62fAT9sJ07uUq8Qe3u55Q AFP http://www.google.com/url?q=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i54YlCEgZ_jw5HR6RL7FRZDcNlsA&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFtINjPonTJNN5K2fpB0vIoHycr2Q Apr 11, 2008 86490 115602 schenectady The key is also that it sounds like Schenectady, which is the city that it's a play on. So if you know how to pronounce Schenectady, then you just take out the `kuh,'" Kaufman said.