仕掛 しかけたそうだ
shikaketa sōda

Ichidan Verb
Evidential Auxiliary

Expresses hearsay about a past event ("I heard that...") of 仕掛ける

1. It is said that [someone] set up.; It is said that [something] was rigged.; It is said that [someone] plotted.

Past/Perfective
Hearsay Evidence
Mahjong