Machinate in a sentence as a verb

We are always one step behind, doing hard work trying to untangle what they machinated. I think we should fight politically, we should strive to make scamming more punishable than it is now such that if they're caught, not only should they give back what you stole but be taken out of business completely.

All these are too many words to say people will opportunistically group together and machinate towards a local betterment for their in-group above most others. Technology has generally lowered the cost and drawbacks of this opportunistic behavior, and free discourse and free assembly laws enable much of this in parts of the world, even when for-profit surveillance is prevalent.

Strategical: I wonder if I can machinate to end up mostly on white squares by the end-game, then I could let his black bishop take this pawn for free, while I work on getting my pawn structure to become invincible on the other side, effectively nullifying his bishop by the end-game while opening my position for greater pressure. tactical: how can I protect this pawn, together with the rest of my pieces, so that all lines in the next 15 moves have all pieces protected, so that he can't take anything, and defensive enough that he can't force a 'better position' in any of them, while remaining offensive enough to open up for a future attack.

Machinate definitions

verb

arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

See also: organize organise prepare devise

verb

engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"

See also: conspire cabal complot conjure