[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent:The author contrived a clever plot.Synonyms: concoct , design", "to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage:He contrived to gain their votes.", "to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).Synonyms: scheme , conspire"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to form designs; plan.", "to plot.Synonyms: connive"]}]