What is the meaning of guile?

Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
- synonyms: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, slyness, wiliness
The quality of being crafty.
- synonyms: craftiness, deceitfulness
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. ).
- synonyms: trickery, chicanery, chicane, wile, shenanigan

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