2
flimflam(noun, trick, deception, talk, swindle)
2
fling(noun, business, love, passion, thing)
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forbidden love(noun, expression, love, passion, devotion)
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fourberie(noun, business, deception, talk, swindle)
2
humbug(noun, fix, trick, deception, swindle)
2
illicit love(noun, expression, love, passion, devotion)
2
intrigue(noun, love, passion, deception, talk)
2
jugglery
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racket(noun, trick, deception, swindle, dishonesty)
2
sexual relationship outside of marriage(expression, idiom, love, passion, devotion)
2
shiftiness(noun, dishonesty, crookedness, deviousness, craftiness)
2
skulduggery
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skullduggery(noun, business, deception, dishonesty, fraud)
2
slyness(noun, dishonesty, treachery, cunning, fraud)
2
swindle(noun, trick, deception, dishonesty, treachery)
2
triangle(noun, love, passion, devotion, fling)
1
absurdness(absurdity, stupidity, foolishness, shenanigans)
1
adulterous affair
1
affair of the heart(noun, expression, idiom, love, passion)
1
affaire de coeur(noun, expression, idiom, love, passion)
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