4
hoodwinking(noun, pretense)
4
make-believe(noun, pretense)
4
mislead(verb, deceive)
4
mock attack(noun, expression, character, trick, pretense)
4
sleight(noun, catch, trick, honest, sport)
4
trickery(noun, deception, dishonesty, treachery, stratagem)
3
bait(noun, pretense)
3
disguise
3
duck(noun, character, trick, pretense, maneuver)
3
excuse(noun, cause, con, pretense, ruse)
3
fetch
3
finesse(noun, move, action, trick, measure)
3
guise(noun, cause, con, excuse, pretense)
3
intrigue(noun, move, action, trick, deception)
3
show(cause, con, excuse, pretense, ploy)
3
snare(noun, trick, deception, lie, sham)
3
stall(noun, action, cause, trick, lie)
3
tactic
3
tactics(noun, stratagem)
2
alibi(cause, con, excuse, ruse)
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