Components
しくむ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
仕組む
BOOST
Reading : しくむ   
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 9 (among the 50,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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仕組む is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 229,000 (about 82,900 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 38 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
しょうせつ
小説
きょうげん
狂言
しく
仕組
まれた

The novel was dramatized into a play.
そのゲーム
はじ
から
かのじょ
彼女
ふり
不利
なるように
しく
仕組
まれていた
こと
あと
なってわかった
It turned out that the cards were stacked against her from the beginning of the game (literally: afterwards, she understood that things were organized to put her at a disadvantage from the beginning of the game).
そんなこと
かれ
しくもない
It is beneath him to say such a thing.
しくむ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 248,000 (about 15,300 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 38 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シ   samurai
ソ   く to join forces, put together   くみ    -ぐみ class(es), set(s)   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
シ   いと thread   
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