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1. Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner
   "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";
   - designing

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

See also: artful, hard

Type of: plan, plot

Encyclopedia: Scheme