scheme

an elaborate and systematic plan of action

a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

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

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

a schematic or preliminary plan

form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

devise a system or form a scheme for