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Scheme
01
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
02
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
03
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
04
a schematic or preliminary plan
05
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
06
a secret plan, particularly one that is made to deceive other people
to scheme
01
to make secret or underhanded plans
Transitive: to scheme to do sth
02
to make secret or dishonest plans
Intransitive
scheme
n
schematic
adj
schematic
adj
schematize
v
schematize
v
Example
The unsuspecting tourists fell victim to the pickpocket's scheme.
The fake investment scheme took many unsuspecting investors for thousands of dollars.
The detective foiled the criminal's elaborate scheme with clever tactics.
The trickster in the story outsmarted the villagers with a clever scheme.
The secret scheme was revealed after months of investigation.
