Nouns

(n)scheme, strategyan elaborate and systematic plan of action
(n)dodge, dodging, schemea statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
(n)system, schemea group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole“a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going”
(n)schema, schemean internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
(n)outline, schema, schemea schematic or preliminary plan

Verbs

(v)scheme, intrigue, conniveform intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
(v)schemedevise a system or form a scheme for