See machination in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zámiry",
"sense": "act of machinating",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "за́міри"
}
],
"word": "machination"
}
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