whakangārahu
1. (verb) (-tia) to devise, plot, strategise, conspire, plan, scheme.
E whakangārahu ana te tangata kino mō te tangata tika (PT Nga Waiata 37:12). / The wicked plotteth against the just.
Synonyms: kara, kōpure, kaikaiwaiū, kakai, kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka
2. (noun) intrigue, plot, scheme, conspiracy, plan.
Kī tonu te kaunihera ā-rohe i te whakangārahu (Ng 1993:237). / The district council is full of intrigue.