Word

guile, n.
(guiles)

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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chicane chicanery guile shenanigan trickery wile

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wily

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trick

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chicane

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chicane

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hypernym

deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation

hyponym

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on jugglery

the quality of being crafty
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craftiness deceitfulness guile

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deceitful deceitful

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hypernym

disingenuousness

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
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craft craftiness cunning foxiness guile slyness wiliness

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crafty

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crafty

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foxy

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sly

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wily

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hypernym

shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness