plan, scheme ((to do));concoct [《口》 cook up] a scheme;〔ひそかに〕maneuver ((to do))
- 彼らは会長を追い出そうと画策している
- They are scheming [working] to oust the president from his post.
- 陰で画策している者がいる
- Someone is 「maneuvering behind the scenes [pulling strings in the background].