The phrase "devious mind" is a correct and usable phrase in written English, and it can be used to describe a person who is plotting something underhanded or who is being deceptive in some way.
For example, "He had a devious mind and was always plotting some kind of scheme to make a quick buck."
Graeme, who has a devious mind, said it would depend on the tag-turning.
Baer was delighted to work for Clarridge, who had an inventive and devious mind.
But it doesn't take a devious mind to imagine that plenty will use it as an excuse to force more people to check luggage into the hold.
A devious mind might suggest that, even if it makes no difference who owns Unocal, the deal ought to be blocked just to inconvenience China.
But because a devious mind is manipulating the genre conventions — allowing unpredictable characters rather than precision-tooled action to drive his story — the rules of the game are constantly changing.
We have met this devious mind and it is a creation of Richard Stark, who applies his great wit and dexterous mental skills to a series of such ingenious exits and entrances in (what else?) BREAKOUT (Mysterious Press/Warner, $23.95).
Magda can see the way their devious minds are working.
Some devious minds think Mr Yushenkov was killed specifically to cast suspicion on Mr Berezovsky.There are more pedestrian theories.
There are some devious minds at work in THE JUDAS JUDGE (Dutton, $23.95), the fifth police procedural in Michael McGarrity's robust regional series set in New Mexico's Tularosa Basin.
What backs up this argument is the fact that in cybersecurity, you're always up against some of the most devious minds, people who already know very well how machines and machine learning works and how to circumvent their capabilities.
I am sure more devious minds can think up other measures to put roadblocks in the way of the abhorrent effort to subvert congressional authority.
