Trickery: 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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Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person'…

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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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To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money.

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To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money.

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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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Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.

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The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness.

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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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