12
dodge(noun, cheat, trick, twist, deception)
11
deceit(noun, fake, cheat, trick, twist)
11
imposture(noun, fake, trick, charm, copy)
11
practical joke(noun, expression, idiom, act, trick)
11
ruse(noun, trick, deception, lie, sham)
11
sham(noun, adjective, fake, cheat, trick)
10
put-on(noun, fake, trick, copy, deception)
9
bluff(verb, information, cheat, trick, deception)
9
joke(noun, verb, act, bother, play)
9
mislead(verb, beat, information, defeat, overcome)
9
pretence
8
artifice(noun, trick, twist, charm, deception)
8
gag(noun, play, trick, crack, sham)
8
outwit(verb, beat, information, overcome, catch)
8
snow(verb, information, abuse, cheat, trick)
8
stratagem(noun, trick, deception, lie, fraud)
8
subterfuge(noun, trick, deception, sham, con)
8
wile(noun, trick, deception, lie, sham)
7
counterfeit(noun, adjective, fake, trick, copy)
7
dupery(noun, deception, dishonesty, fraud, deceit)
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