scheme; stratagem; ploy
権謀術数に長けた政治家が実権を握った。
A politician skilled in schemes and stratagems seized real power.
権謀を巡らせて敵対派閥を抑え込んだ。
They devised schemes to suppress the rival faction.
権謀の限りを尽くした末に失脚した。
After exhausting every stratagem, they fell from power.