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scheme

noun
  1. A method for making, doing, or accomplishing something: blueprint, design, game plan, idea, layout, plan, project, schema, strategy. See planned
  2. A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: cabal, collusion, connivance, conspiracy, intrigue, machination, plot. See crimes, planned
verb
  1. To work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: collude, connive, conspire, intrigue, machinate, plot. See crimes, planned
  2. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay 1, plan, project, strategize, work out. Informal: dope out. Idiom: lay plans. See planned

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