4
funny business(noun, expression, catch, cheat, trick)
4
indirection(noun, cheat, ripoff, treachery)
4
insincerity(noun, trick, display, lie, dishonest)
4
monkey business(noun, expression, trick, charm, fling)
4
pose(cover, show, trick, color, cloak)
4
sleight(noun, catch, fake, trick, honest)
4
slyness(noun, cheat, dishonesty, treachery, cunning)
4
sophism(noun, trick, mistake, dishonest, dishonesty)
4
swindling(noun, dishonesty, fraud, deceit, joke)
4
tergiversation(noun, cover, line, deceit, lying)
3
act(trick, sham, con, fraud, falsehood)
3
affectation(noun, trick, display, lie, sham)
3
artfulness(noun, treachery, cunning, deceit, craftiness)
3
bilk(noun, trick)
3
bunco(noun, fix, wrong, cheat, trick)
3
camouflage
3
caper(noun, catch, trick, sport, device)
3
color(noun, appearance, cover, show, colour)
3
confidence trick(noun, expression, cheat, trick, speed)
3
dirt(noun, dishonest, misleading)
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