conspire, cheat, impose on, plan, devise, scheme, have in mind, deceive
謀 centers on using words or thoughts to craft a hidden plan, often with a negative edge: conspiring, scheming, or deceiving. The broader sense of planning or devising something in one's mind is a natural extension of that same idea.
謀 combines 言 (words) with 某, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something hidden or unspecified, together suggesting secretive talk or planning.
Words (言) beside a hidden or unspecified thing (某) create the image of whispered plans and secret schemes. Picture someone leaning close to speak in hushed tones, plotting a conspiracy.
For ボウ, imagine a conspirator tying a bow around a secret plan: bow -> ボウ, and the words (言) seal the scheme.
plot; intrigue; scheme
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
staff officer; military staff
plotting; planning (crime, intrigue)
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
strategy; artifice
plan; scheme; stratagem; plot; trick
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; to take in; to dupe; to deceive
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
plot; conspiracy; conference
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
premeditation; aforethought
conspiracy
criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning of a crime, but not its execution)
(criminal) conspiracy; conspiracy to commit a crime
conspirator; accomplice
General Staff Headquarters
Chief Administration for Intelligence