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mendacity(noun, deception, lie, sham, dishonesty)
8
perfidy(noun, cheat, deception, ripoff, dishonesty)
8
slyness(noun, craft, cheat, twist, practice)
7
con(noun, cover, cheat, trick, twist)
7
feint(noun, catch, fake, trick, deception)
7
knavery(noun, cheat, deception, counterfeit, ripoff)
6
artfulness(noun, skill, deception, treachery, cunning)
6
counterfeit(noun, catch, fake, cheat, trick)
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flimflam(noun, cheat, trick, twist, agreement)
6
gimmick(noun, object, scheme, pretension)
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intrigue(noun, involvement, conspiracy, graft, complicity)
6
lying(noun, cover, line, deception, dishonesty)
6
scam(noun, fix, cheat, trick, twist)
6
shenanigans(trick, deception, fraud, joke, subterfuge)
5
art(noun, cunning, craftiness, wiles)
5
equivocation(noun, cover, deception, lie, mistake)
5
evasion(noun, cover, trick, deception, lie)
5
fabrication(noun, trick, deception, lie, sham)
5
lie(noun, cover, line, trick, display)
5
monkey business(noun, expression, trick, charm, nonsense)
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