masterminded
past simple and past participle ofmastermind
mastermind
verb[T]
uk/ˈmɑː.stə.maɪnd/us/ˈmæs.tɚ.maɪnd/toplanadifficultactivity, often acrime, indetailand makecertainthat ithappenssuccessfully:
He'sbelievedto have masterminded theattacks.
Synonyms
direct
engineer
orchestrate
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim atsomething
- bargain
- I might have knownidiom
- I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom
- insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
- in the pipelineidiom
- in the worksidiom
- pencil
- provision
- purposefully
- purposely
- put the cart before the horseidiom
- puttheirheads togetheridiom
- rearrange
- settle
- sleeve
Examplesofmasterminded
masterminded
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The mass partiesmastermindedthe selection of the political class and administrative positions, but they did so using criteria which, at least in part, were subject to public debate.
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Hemastermindedthe huge tax bonanza—the giveaway—to those who did not need it, which caused all the problems that the country now faces.
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He hasmasterminded—if that is the right word—the changes.
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Yet the party thatmastermindedthat disaster had the nerve to call this debate tonight.
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I rather liked him saying, as one who had justmastermindedthe winning of a general election, that he was quite a keen politician.
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He thenmastermindedthe escape of many allied pilots and prisoners of war behind enemy lines.
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The person who proposed andmastermindedthe changes has also announced that he will go.
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The opting-out proposals weremastermindedby two self-seeking, unelected bureaucrats.
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He says that he was involved and that, to some extent, hemastermindedthe operation.
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One of the most acute forms of fantasy would be to assume that the statements weremastermindedand orchestrated solely by myself.
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Coventry workers are not helots serving a superior technologymasterminded3,000 or more miles away.
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Chuwit was accused of havingmastermindedthis action to get rid of unwanted tenants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They were the ones whomastermindedthe whole thing in the first place.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was rumored that the release of these videos weremastermindedby his own former friends in order to embarrass and publicly humiliate him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.And, although he avoided the limelight, hemastermindedand cooked for cocktail and dinner parties we had for some prominent people.
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