scheme

Noun

• a schematic or preliminary plan

• an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

• a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
  • a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
    

• a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

• an elaborate and systematic plan of action

Verb

• devise a system or form a scheme for

• form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  outline , schema , system , dodge , dodging , strategy , intrigue , connive