Machiavellian

This quotation apparently refers to his devious and machiavellian political dealings.

Shepherd had a machiavellian glint in his eye.

Perhaps Steele should be less open and more machiavellian; if you can't beat them, emulate them.

At best, these interactions enrich our society; at worst, they become 'Machiavellian' and exploitative.

I was positively machiavellian - I never knew I could feel like that.

He is depicted as a machiavellian figure, which he may well have been, although it could exaggerate his importance in the events of the time.

It might almost have been planned deliberately by a machiavellian priesthood trained in deep psychological indoctrination techniques.

One hates to give any credit to the machiavellian moguls, but in the role of Holly, Hepburn is hard to beat.

At least men like that had been up-front about what they wanted, they hadn't schemed and plotted with machiavellian determination.

By casting a machiavellian space opera plot against this setting, the author plays out many of the potential criticisms inherent in the planet Bakunin's social order.

Creativity and reliability are incompatible demands; for 'Machiavellian' primates as for animals generally, the overriding pressure is to demonstrate reliability.

Involving 'Machiavellian' egocentricity, Rebellious nonconformity, Blame externalization, Carefree lack of planning.

Bouris considered Lynton was 'Machiavellian' and 'manipulative' in his boardroom selections.

Ransome recalls Eddison's daring and machiavellian methods of getting rid of unpopular teachers in his autobiography.

Most significantly, the team is without its original inspirational manager, Peter Mandelson, who as Labour's communications head was widely credited with positively machiavellian skills.

"A machiavellian dandy . . . Pure coldheartedness . . . Fabulously insincere."

Personally I think Chavez is something of an egotistical loony, but he isn't a machiavellian politican along the lines of someone like Stalin.

"You cannot stop this process unless you get rid of the Cheney factor," LaRouche says in an essay about Cheney's machiavellian influence on the administration.

Supposing that Mark was as machiavellian as you make him out to be, it seems we're back where we started - all we have to go on is the diary.'

Well, she'd show this egotistical, self-assured, domineering, machiavellian refugee from a heavy-world ... Helva brought her polemic to an abrupt halt.

Dillon believed that Lloyd George had 'let HELL loose in Ireland' as part of a machiavellian plot to evade his promise to grant home rule.

Although Javed Miandad is more popular with most of the Pakistani players than the aloof Imran, they have seldom played so effectively under his machiavellian leadership.

The New Musical Express called it a "slickly produced machiavellian plundering of pop classics" and a "clumsy effort to resurrect a career that was a fluke in the first place."

He eventually attains knowledge and gains political clout to become the supreme commander of the Robber Fly colony bestowed with a new name 'Yakomaru' while exhibiting a machiavellian nature.

'Machiavellian Plot' Ruled Out "It's a little bit disconcerting to hear people say there is this dark scenario, this Machiavellian plot," he said.