rehabilitate - To renovate or repair something, such as a building, facility, person, or environment, to make it more usable or up to current standards.
The city invested in programs to rehabilitate the old industrial district, transforming it into a vibrant area for businesses and residents.
machinations - Crafty schemes or plots, especially intended to achieve something deceitful or underhanded; secret or complicated plans, often with a negative or manipulative goal.
The villain's machinations were finally exposed, revealing his plan to transfer other people's money into his own account.