2
speciousness(noun, display, deception, lie, fraud)
2
sting(noun, trick, deception, lie, swindle)
2
stunt(noun, catch, fake, trick, sport)
2
take-in(noun, trick, honest, informal, means)
2
takeoff(parody, satire)
2
treachery(cheat, deception, ripoff, dishonesty, deceit)
1
abracadabra(trick, charm, nonsense)
1
act(deception, fraud, pretense)
1
affected(adjective, pretentious)
1
air(noun, pretension)
1
appearance
1
artfulness
1
artificial(adjective, pretentious)
1
attitudinizing
1
bad faith(noun, expression, display, deception, lie)
1
ballot-box stuffing
1
baloney(noun, fix, trick, deception, swindle)
1
barratry(noun, cheat, deception, counterfeit, ripoff)
1
bigotry(noun, display, deception, lie, fraud)
1
bill of goods(expression, idiom, trick, deception, swindle)
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