Machiavellian
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: PoliciesMachiavellianMach‧i‧a‧vel‧li‧an /ˌmækiəˈveliən◂/ adjective PPPPOWERusing clever but immoral methods to get what you want SYN deviousExamples from the CorpusMachiavellian• a Machiavellian conspiracy• They can resort to Byzantine, even Machiavellian manipulations.• Christie and Geis also sought to find out why people differ on the Machiavellian scale.