Noun
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| guile -
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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trickery,
chicanery,
chicane,
wile,
shenanigan |
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dissimulation,
dissembling,
deceit,
deception the act of deceiving
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dupery,
hoax,
fraud,
fraudulence,
humbug,
put-on something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
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| guile -
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
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craft,
craftiness,
cunning,
foxiness,
slyness,
wiliness |
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perspicaciousness,
shrewdness,
astuteness,
perspicacity intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
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| guile -
the quality of being crafty
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craftiness,
deceitfulness |
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disingenuousness the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
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