Âm mưu, mưu đồ

Sự bày mưu lập kế, sự mưu toan

Plotting, scheming, intriguing, manoeuvring, designing,manipulating; plot, scheme, intrigue, manoeuvre, design,stratagem, ruse, trick, trickery, artifice, dirty trick(s),wile, manipulation, ploy, tactic(s), move, gambit: He escapedfrom the machinations of his enemies. Must you resort to suchmachinations merely to get them to listen?

noun

artifice , cabal , conspiracy , design , device , dirty work * , dodge * , intrigue , monkey business * , on the make , ploy , practice , ruse , scheme , sellout , skullduggery * , song and dance * , stratagem , trick , collusion , connivance , contrivance , maneuver , plan , plot