An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.
a device that very useful for a particular job
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
the act of devising something
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
a device that is very useful for a particular job
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
