What is "masterminding"

Usage examples of "masterminding".

She kind of acts to me like a girl who had started out masterminding something—you can see she's clever—and what she started has gotten a lot bigger and more terrible than she expected.

This requires that you appear to be going into action impulsively, heedless of danger, to protect him from treachery—not masterminding a prearranged plan from behind the scenes.

A brilliant, ruthless puppet-master, credited with masterminding dozens of daring coups all over the world.

McKinney had wasted the five-man design team that was masterminding their most precious of secret projects.