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1. Used of persons
   "the most scheming and selfish men in the community"
   - calculating, calculative, conniving, shrewd
    
2. Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
   "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"
   - designing

1. Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
   - intrigue, connive
    
2. Devise a system or form a scheme for

See also: artful, hard, schemer

Type of: plan, plot

Encyclopedia: Scheme