8
devise(verb, form, move, promote, plan)
8
enthrall(verb, concern, draw, delight, interest)
8
love affair(noun, expression, idiom, love, passion)
8
titillate(verb, concern, draw, delight, interest)
8
trickery(noun, plan, deception, dishonesty, scheme)
7
contrivance(noun, plan, scheme, fabrication)
7
deceit(noun, involvement, conspiracy, graft, complicity)
7
deception(noun, trick, dishonesty, trickery, ruse)
7
delight(verb, interest, excite, charm, arouse)
7
entrance(verb, draw, delight, interest, excite)
7
fraud(noun, deception, swindle, dishonesty, scheme)
7
mesmerize(verb, delight, excite, charm, subdue)
7
pique(verb, concern, draw, delight, interest)
7
ploy(noun, action, trick, deception, dishonesty)
6
appeal(noun, verb, concern, draw, interest)
6
connivance(noun, scheme, deceit, plot, planned)
6
conniving
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cook up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, form, promote)
6
engineer(verb, form, move, plan, pass)
6
manipulation(noun, scheme)
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