Guile: alternatives and connections

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe wha…

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The act of deceiving or misleading.

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of Dissemble

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The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

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The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.

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The act or practice of duping.

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Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injure…

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Alt. of Fraudulency

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A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.

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An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

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The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.

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The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; tr…

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Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.

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Strength; might; secret power.

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Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.

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Knowing; skillful; dexterous.

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The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.

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The quality or state of being sly.

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The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.

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A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.

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The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.

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