Use reasoning to answer the following question.
The police busted down his door, he realized only then he was just the pawn in his partner's grander what?\nOptions:\n- scheme\n- chess game\n- chess set\n- business idea\n- playing chess

scheme
Scheme is a type of well thought plot.

Pawn is a bait used as a distraction for accomplishment of the scheme.

People make schemes for personal benefits.

People often use other people as pawns for their own schemes.

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The answer: scheme