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plotting
adjective as in deep
adjective as in Machiavellian
adjective as in sly
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- arch
- artful
- astute
- bluffing
- cagey
- calculating
- captious
- conniving
- covert
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceitful
- deceptive
- delusive
- designing
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- dissembling
- double-dealing
- elusive
- foxy
- furtive
- guileful
- illusory
- insidious
- mean
- scheming
- secret
- sharp
- shifty
- slick
- smooth
- sneaking
- stealthy
- traitorous
- treacherous
- tricky
- underhand
- unscrupulous
- wily
adjective as in sneaking
Strong matches
Weak matches
- artful
- astute
- cagey
- canny
- captious
- covert
- crafty
- cunning
- deceitful
- deceptive
- delusive
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- double-dealing
- elusive
- foxy
- furtive
- guileful
- illusory
- impish
- ingenious
- insidious
- mischievous
- roguish
- secret
- secretive
- sharp
- shifty
- shrewd
- sneaky
- stealthy
- subtle
- surreptitious
- traitorous
- treacherous
- tricky
- underhand
- unscrupulous
- wily
noun as in outlining
Example Sentences
According to G1, the four soldiers, who had had special forces training, are accused of forming part of a criminal organisation plotting against Lula.
She was sentenced to five years in prison over allegations, which she denies, of plotting to overthrow the Tehran government.
A peaceful protester, Maria Kolesnikova was sentenced to 11 years for extremism and supposedly plotting to overthrow the government.
First, there's the fear of difference and the paranoid belief that those who are deemed "different" are plotting against the in-group.
The leaked recording revealed De León, two other council members and a labor leader plotting to manipulate redistricting to retain their power and diminish that of their perceived enemies.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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