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1. An elaborate and systematic plan of action
   - strategy
    
2. A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
   - dodge, dodging
    
3. A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
   "a vast scheme of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going";
   - system
    
4. An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
   - schema
    
5. A schematic or preliminary plan
   - outline, schema

1. Plot something harmful; scheme in an underhand manner
   - intrigue, connive
    
2. Devise a system or form a scheme for

Derived forms: schemed, schemes, scheming

Type of: falsehood, falsity, group, grouping, internal representation, mental representation, plan, plan of action, plot, program [N. Amer], programme [Brit, Cdn], representation, untruth

Encyclopedia: Scheme