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Byzantine Machiavellian artifice cabal calculating collusion collusive complicity complot confederacy connivance connivent conniving conspiracy conspiring contrivance contriving counterplot covin deep-laid plot designing engineering finagling finesse frame-up game intrigue intriguing little game machination maneuvering manipulation packed deal packed jury planning plot prearrangement preconcertedness premeditation preordering put-up job rigged jury rigging scheme schemery scheming setup stacked deck stratagem stratagemical trick underplot up to web of intrigue wire-pulling