"scheme" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He was always cautious not to commit himself to any of Skeeter's perpetually shady schemes.
- Throughout his life, William Avery Rockefeller gained a reputation for shady schemes rather than productive work.
- Davis attempts to capitalise on his success through shady betting schemes, something Telford wants no part of.
- Back when we were in the south, beyond the Sea of Torments, he had been involved in every shady scheme he could find.
- Jared has married the daughter of a bootlegger and is involved in shady schemes himself.
- He led a life of adventure: "he circumnavigated the globe, engaged in various curious occupations, participated in many shady schemes."
- Suspects that his parents are on Catalina as part of a shady scheme, even though his parents deny it.
- The prospective buyers are a collection of deliciously slithery creatures who are busy working their own shady schemes.
- In desperation, he even devised a shady scheme under which he guaranteed scholarships at his own old College, Pembroke, for a fee of twenty guineas.
- Franchising regulation grew up in response to shady franchising schemes that flourished in the 1960's and early 1970's, costing many investors their life savings.
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