Verb
- 1. organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate, initiate, pioneer
- usage: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
- 2. conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate, plot
- usage: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
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