3
ride(noun, trick, informal)
3
sanctimony(noun, display, lie, fraud, pretense)
3
scheme(noun, craft, action, plan, play)
3
sell(noun, fake, trick, swindle, dishonesty)
3
semblance(noun, show, fancy, trick, confusion)
3
shiftiness(noun, act, cheat, honest, practice)
3
skulduggery
3
skullduggery(noun, division, dishonesty, fraud, deceit)
3
speciousness(noun, cover, line, display, lie)
3
sting(noun, cheat, trick, swindle, sham)
3
treason(noun, dishonest, dishonesty, treachery, deceit)
3
underhandedness(noun, cheat, dishonesty, fraud, deceit)
3
vision(noun, fantasy, illusion, misconception, hallucination)
3
wiliness(noun, cheat, treachery, cunning, deceit)
2
acting(trick, sham, con, falsehood, cloak)
2
ambidexterity(noun, skill, dishonesty, treachery, fraud)
2
ambidextrousness(skill, dishonesty, treachery, fraud, duplicity)
2
antic(noun, catch, trick, sport, device)
2
appearance(trick, sham, con, falsehood, cloak)
2
bait(noun, decoy)
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