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画策する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Often implies behind-the-scenes plotting or strategic maneuvering, sometimes with a negative connotation.

〈事こと〉を画かく策さくするto scheme/plot something
彼かれは社しゃ長ちょうの解かい任にんを画かく策さくしていた。
He was scheming to have the president removed.
裏うらで画かく策さくするto scheme behind the scenes
彼かれらは選せん挙きょの裏うらで画かく策さくしていたことが発はっ覚かくした。
It came out that they had been scheming behind the scenes of the election.
〈事こと〉を密ひそかに画かく策さくするto secretly plot something
一いち部ぶの幹かん部ぶが会かい社しゃの合がっ併ぺいを密ひそかに画かく策さくしていた。
Some executives were secretly plotting a merger of the company.

策さく略りゃくN1
策略 focuses on the trick or stratagem itself, while 画策 emphasizes the ongoing act of devising and carrying out such schemes.
企くわだて
企て is a more neutral word for a plan or attempt, whereas 画策 usually implies secretive or underhanded maneuvering.
陰いん謀ぼう
陰謀 specifically means a conspiracy involving multiple plotters, while 画策 can describe the maneuvering of even a single person.
謀ぼう略りゃく
謀略 stresses a cunning, often large-scale scheme (e.g. military or political), whereas 画策 covers everyday behind-the-scenes plotting too.

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策さく動どう
策動 describes covert political or organizational maneuvering almost identically to 画策, but is more strongly tied to activism or factional intrigue.
手てを回まわすN1
画策 carries a stronger negative nuance of scheming or plotting, while 手を回す can be neutral or even positive, simply meaning to use influence to arrange something.
たくらむN1
画策する describes actively maneuvering behind the scenes (often for personal advantage), while 企む is broader and can describe any secret bad plan, active or not.

Compound of 画 (plan, picture) and 策 (plan, scheme). The kanji 劃 is an older variant of 画.