#strategy__scheme an elaborate and systematic plan of action
supertype: plan_of_action a plan for actively doing something
subtype: stratagem__contrivance__dodge an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
subtype: plant.stratagem something planted secretly for discovery by another; "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant"
subtype: wangle__wangling an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
subtype: game_plan a plan for achieving an objective (especially in some sport)
subtype: house_of_cards__bubble a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"
subtype: secret_plan__plot a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"
subtype: counterplot a plot intended to subvert another plot
subtype: machination covert and involved plotting to achieve your ends
subtype: priestcraft.machination a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs
subtype: cabal__conspiracy a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
subtype: Gunpowder_Plot a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up King James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes
subtype: waiting_game__waitinggame a strategy of delay
subtype: incentive_program__incentiveprogram__incentive_scheme__incentivescheme a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something
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