an elaborate and systematic plan of action

[ Syn: strategy ]

a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

[ Syn: dodge , dodging ]

a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going

[ Syn: system ]

an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

[ Syn: schema ]

a schematic or preliminary plan

[ Syn: outline , schema ]

form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

[ Syn: intrigue , connive ]

devise a system or form a scheme for