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Machinator

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who machinates; one who schemes with evil de-signs.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a member of a conspiracy

Word Usage

"I am not a Hillary supporter, but if this was all reversed and we were talking about the Clinton Campaign doing this to Obama and then her later disavowing knowledge of it and calling her staff to the floor -- we'd be hearing the old flip-flopper, ruthless machinator, opportunist, smear-artist, fibulator -- especially in light of the experienced Democratic campaigner's email referenced above."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

crook criminal felon malefactor outlaw

Hyponym

Fawkes titus oates Oates guy fawkes

Verb Stem

machin

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

intrigante marplot intriguer preparer forager