Synonyms:
- 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