machinate

对手们密谋让现任主席下台。

The rivals met in secret to ___machinate against the current chairman.

黑客开始密谋一种窃取客户数据的方法。

The hackers began to ___machinate a way to steal customers' data.

他们暗中谋划，试图让这项法案无法通过。

They continued to ___machinate behind the scenes to block the bill.