pull strings (verb) engineer: devise; bring about
Sinonime: angle,
arrange,
cause,
come up with,
con,
conceive,
concoct,
contrive,
control,
cook*,
create,
direct,
doctor,
effect,
encompass, finagle, jockey, machinate,
manage,
maneuver,
manipulate,
negotiate,
operate,
organize,
originate,
plan,
plant, play games,
plot, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through, rig,
scam,
scheme,
set up, superintend,
supervise,
swing, upstage, wangle,
work