shuffle, reshuffle, proscribe, machination

Poetic Machinations
The recent election of the Oxford professor of poetry is the stuff of poetic satire, if only it weren’t so sad and pathetic.

Japanese politics Round two
Economist - UK AFTER months of rumour and machination, Yasuo Fukuda, Japan’s prime minister, finally reshuffled his cabinet on August 1st, replacing 13 of the 17 ministers ...



'I am sensitive and brave. I do not advance it as a merit to be sensitive and brave, but it is my character. If the male relations of Madame Rigaud had put themselves forward openly, I should have known how to deal with them. They knew that, and their machinations were conducted in secret; consequently, Madame Rigaud and I were brought into frequent and unfortunate collision.

A critique on the Machination of the satanic verses, by Ata'ollah Mohajerani

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	"Paradoxically, this proscription made ministerial stability more secure. Court Tories were more determinedly courtiers than they were Tories, and the prospect ... "
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	" ... leadership. Their Tory opponents, by now increasingly restive under continuing proscription"
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	"mid-1750s the mould was plainly cracking. The proscription of Toryism, and the ability of the Whig families to keep the control of patronage within a narrow circle, had a very short future"

The executive who led Samsung Electronics to the top of the global electronics industry over the past decade, Yun Jong-yong, resigned as vice chairman and CEO as part of a broad management shuffle.



shuffle (MOVE AROUND) verb [T]
to move similar things from one position or place to another, often to give an appearance of activity when nothing useful is being done:
She shuffled her papers nervously on her desk.
Many prisoners have to be shuffled around police stations because of prison overcrowding.

shuffle
noun [C]
1 when things are moved around from one position to another:
She gave her papers a quick shuffle.

2 MAINLY US a reshufflereshuffle
noun [C]
when the positions of people or things within a particular group are changed:
They expect a Cabinet reshuffle in the summer.
a government/management reshuffle

reshuffle
verb [T]
to reshuffle the deck/cards
The prime minister is expected to reshuffle his ministerial team next month.

proscribe 

verb [T] FORMAL
(of a government or other authority) to forbid something:
The Broadcasting Act allows ministers to proscribe any channel that offends against good taste and decency.
The Athletics Federation have banned the runner from future races for using proscribed drugs.

proscription 
noun [U] FORMAL


mach·i·na·tion (măk'ə-nā'shən, măsh'-)
n.

1. The act of plotting.
2. A crafty scheme or cunning design for the accomplishment of a sinister end.

machination f plot; de sombres ~s dark dealings (from Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact)

mach・i・nate

━━ v. （陰謀を）たくらむ.
mach・i・na・tion　━━ n. （普通pl.） わるだくみ.
mach・i・na・tor　━━ n. 策士.

reshuffle Show phonetics
noun [C]
when the positions of people or things within a particular group are changed:
They expect a Cabinet reshuffle in the summer.
a government/management reshuffle

reshuffle Show phonetics
verb [T]
to reshuffle the deck/cards
The prime minister is expected to reshuffle his ministerial team next month.