• IPA: /ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən/, /ˌmæʃɪˈneɪʃən/

machination

1. A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene ii], page 286 ↗, column 2:

     Machinations, hollowneſſe, treacherie, and all ruinous diſorders follow vs diſquietly to our Graues.

2. The act of machinating or plotting.

• machinal
• machinate

• French: machination
• German: Machenschaft
• Italian: macchinazione, complotto, intrigo, cospirazione, tiro mancino
• Portuguese: maquinação
• Russian: махина́ция
• Spanish: maquinación, trapisonda

• Italian: macchinazione, complotto
• Portuguese: maquinação
• Russian: махина́ция
• Spanish: maquinación