| pretext(noun, trick, shift, escape, routine) |
| racket(noun, plan, trick, twist, skill) |
| scam(noun, plan, trick, twist, informal) |
| shrewdness(noun, skill, cunning, deceit, craftiness) |
| skulduggery |
| sneakiness(noun, dishonesty, cunning, deceit, crookedness) |
| stall(noun, trick, shift, escape, routine) |
| subtlety(noun, craft, action, plan, skill) |
| trickiness(noun, craft, treachery, cunning, fraud) |
| underhandedness(noun, deception, dishonesty, treachery, cunning) |
| deceitfulness(noun, deception, dishonesty, treachery, cunning) |
| action |
| artful dodge(expression, idiom, deception, cunning) |
| bluff(noun, fake, trick, skill, deception) |
| catch(noun, fake, trick, sport, deception) |
| collusion(noun, plan, design, scheme, fraud) |
| equivocation(noun, deception, shift, escape, mistake) |
| evasiveness(noun, escape, excuse, dodge, avoidance) |
| fetch |
| flimflam(noun, trick, twist, charm, deception) |