reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
General Staff Headquarters
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
ingenuity; resourcefulness
chief of the general staff
inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
far sight and deep design
plotting; planning (crime, intrigue); ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
deliberate; careful; thoughtful; deeply laid plan
military general skilled at strategy
deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan
plot; conspiracy; conference
foresight; forethought; far-sighted plan; planning ahead
strategist; tactician; schemer
trickery; wiles; intriguing strategy cleverly designed to fool others; Machiavellism
(criminal) conspiracy; conspiracy to commit a crime
deep design and forethought; farsighted and deeply-laid plan
wicked design; vicious plan; plot
premeditation; aforethought
criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning of a crime, but not its execution)
go into a huddle (over); hold a secret conference (about); put heads together and conspire
(crime of) preparations or plots for private war
plotting to damage the imperial palace or an imperial tomb
forgery of documents; forged document
plotting to overthrow the government (by assassinating the emperor)