Machiavelian
11Machiavellian — Machiavellianism, Machiavellism, n. Machiavellianly, adv. /mak ee euh vel ee euhn/, adj. 1. of, like, or befitting Machiavelli. 2. being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analyzed in Machiavelli s The Prince, in which… …
12Cunning — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Cunning >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cunning cunning craft Sgm: N 1 cunningness cunningness craftiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 subtlety subtlety artificiality Sgm: N 1 maneuvering maneuvering …
13Improbity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Improbity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 improbity improbity Sgm: N 1 dishonesty dishonesty dishonor Sgm: N 1 deviation from rectitude deviation from rectitude Sgm: N 1 disgrace disgrace &c.(disrepute) 874 Sgm: N 1 fraud …
14artful — a. Cunning, crafty, wily, subtle, insidious, designing, intriguing, politic, diplomatic, Machiavelian, deceitful, trickish, tricky, sly, foxy, snaky …
15crafty — a. Cunning, artful, deceitful, sly, arch, subtle, shrewd, wily, intriguing, tricky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian …
16crooked — a. 1. Bent, curved, bowed, winding. 2. Distorted, twisted, wry, awry, askew, deformed, disfigured. 3. Perverse, contumacious, self willed, capricious, froward. 4. Dishonest, unfair, dishonorable, knavish, unscrupulous, deceitful, tricky,… …
17designing — a. Crafty, insidious, deceitful, artful, intriguing, sly, wily, astute, subtle, cunning, arch, trickish, tricky, treacherous, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian …
18insidious — a. 1. Artful, sly, wily, guileful, arch, crafty, cunning, subtle, intriguing, designing, deceitful, treacherous, crooked, trickish, tricky, foxy, snaky, diplomatic, Machiavelian. 2. Secret, deceptive, that creeps upon one unawares, delusively… …
19intriguing — a. Cunning, crafty, artful, sly, wily, subtle, insidious, designing, arch, deceitful, trickish, tricky, crooked, diplomatic, politic, foxy, snaky, Machiavelian …
20jesuitical — a. 1. Of the Jesuits. 2. [A sense introduced by partisans hostile to the Jesuits.] Crafty, cunning, wily, deceitful, sophistical, double, double faced, full of chicane, Machiavelian …
