козни - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Plural of кознь (koznʹ, “intrigue, jiggery-pokery, crafty design of the enemy, crafty design against someone, scheme against someone”), further, inherited from Old East Slavic къзнь (kŭznĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kъznь. Related to *kovati (“to forge”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkozʲnʲɪ]

ко́зни • (kózni) f inan pl (genitive ко́зней, plural only)

1. intrigues, machinations

   Synonyms: интрига (intriga), интри́ги (intrígi), ко́вы (kóvy)

   стро́ить ко́зни ― stróitʹ kózni ― to plot, to intrigue

• злоко́зненный (zlokóznennyj)