5
sophistry(noun, trick, deception, talk, shift)
5
treachery(noun, craft, deception, swindle, dishonesty)
4
blind(trick, deception, dishonesty, treachery, maneuver)
4
cheat(noun, fix, wrong, fake, trick)
4
cheating(noun, trick, twist, charm, deception)
4
conspiracy(noun, plan, design, device, scheme)
4
cunningness(trick, maneuver, stratagem)
4
delusion(noun, trick, charm, deception, impression)
4
design(noun, action, plan, trick, approach)
4
dirty trick(noun, expression, craft, trick, deception)
4
dissimulation(deception, division, sham, dishonesty, cunning)
4
duality(deception, division, dishonesty, deceit, falsehood)
4
foxiness(noun, honest, skill, means, cunning)
4
gamesmanship
4
hocus-pocus(noun, trick, charm, deception, impression)
4
humbug(noun, trick, charm, deception, swindle)
4
ingenuity(noun, support, skill, property, cunning)
4
juggle(deception, cunning)
4
plan(noun, trick, design, method, cunning)
4
play(noun, trick, pretense, maneuver, hoax)
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