- insidious machination
- A deceitful scheme or plot with evil design, or, in other words, with a fraudulent purpose. Strong v Repide, 213 US 419, 53 L Ed 853, 29 S Ct 521.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
insidious machination
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