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engineer

 
 
/ˌendʒɪˈnɪər/ verb [T]

Definition

to arrange for something to happen, especially in a clever and secret way: [often passive] She was convinced that the accident had been engineered by his enemies.
(Definition of engineer verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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