Scheming and Trick

Scheming

Scheming adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.

Trick and scheming are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trick" instead a noun "Scheming".

Nearby Words: scheme, schemed, schemer

Trick

Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Scheming and trick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scheming" instead a noun "Trick".

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Killer Joe In fact, she is actually scheming with Rex to trick Chris and Ansel into having Adele killed.
  • In Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo, one story has a scheming family try to take advantage of their father's dementia to trick him into divorcing his second wife (their very young foreign stepmother) so she'll be left out of his will.
  • Master of Illusion Illusion spells in Kitsune: Of Foxes and Fools are powerful Trick cards that double a fox's wits when scheming against a specific type of fool.
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