8
hoax(noun, trick, twist, charm, deception)
8
pretence
8
shift(noun, support, plan, catch, ability)
8
strategy(noun, plan, structure, method, cunning)
8
wiliness(noun, craft, honest, skill, deception)
6
ability(noun, support, skill, property, reserve)
6
con(noun, trick, twist, skill, deception)
6
game(noun, catch, fake, trick, scheme)
6
move
6
sham(noun, trick, deception, lie, swindle)
6
sleight(noun, catch, trick, honest, sport)
6
swindle(noun, trick, charm, deception, lie)
5
adroitness(noun, skill, grace, poise, elegance)
5
chicane(noun, trick, twist, deception, talk)
5
facility(noun, skill, cleverness, inventiveness, ingenuity)
5
hanky-panky(noun, trick, deception, talk, swindle)
5
invention(noun, plan, trick, skill, deception)
5
scheming(noun, adjective, deception, cunning, deceit)
5
sharp practice(noun, expression, craft, deception, talk)
5
shiftiness(noun, dishonesty, cunning, deceit, crookedness)
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