deep-laid

American  

[deep-leyd] / ˈdipˈleɪd /

adjective

1. carefully, cunningly, or secretly made.

   a deep-laid plot.

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deep-laid British  

adjective

1. (of a plot or plan) carefully worked out and kept secret

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Etymology

Origin of deep-laid

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

Oh, miserable and guilty woman, what have you gained by all your deep-laid schemes of villainy?

From The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) by Moodie, Susanna

Then Sir John unfolded a deep-laid plot, which threw the Aylmer family into a state of unspeakable rapture.

From The Little Princess of Tower Hill by Meade, L. T.

The poor corregidor, however, had no doubt that it was a deep-laid scheme to plunder and insult him. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

Whether the crime was prompted solely by his own imagination, or whether he was the instrument of any deep-laid conspiracy, was never clearly ascertained, though the latter was the general supposition.—Chambers'

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland

Pride, delicacy, regard for his child, every consideration, forbade his exposing the duplicity of my mother; and, indeed, had he attempted it—it would but have confirmed the opinion, her deep-laid project had established.

From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Reeve, Sophia