- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|900
- Abbreviations|0
| gag(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) | |
| grounds(cause, excuse) | |
| invention(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) | |
| misrepresentation(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) | |
| misstatement(trick, sham) | |
| plea(cause, excuse) | |
| ploy(cause, excuse, pretense, guise) | |
| red herring(expression, cause, excuse, pretense) | |
| routine(cause, trick, sham, excuse) | |
| shuffling(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) | |
| song and dance(expression, idiom, cause, excuse) | |
| stratagem(cause, excuse, pretense, ploy) | |
| subterfuge(cause, trick, sham, excuse) | |
| trickery(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
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