7
maneuver(noun, move, trick, deception, dishonesty)
7
plan(noun, move, action, trick, design)
6
gambit(noun, move, action, trick, deception)
6
game(noun, move, scheme, plot, treason)
5
chicanery(noun, trick, deception, plot, trickery)
5
collusion(noun, plan, scheme, plot, planned)
5
complot(noun, plan, scheme, plot, involvement)
5
move
4
complicity(noun, conspiracy)
4
connivance(noun, plan, scheme, plot, planned)
4
counterplot(plan, scheme, plot, treason)
4
finesse(move, action, trick, cunning, maneuver)
4
practice(noun, plan, course, scheme, plot)
4
scheming(noun, adjective)
4
tactics(noun, stratagem)
3
chicane(noun, deception, dishonesty, trickery, verbiage)
3
expedient(plan, trick, course, plot, pretense)
3
frame-up
3
manipulation
3
strategy(noun, plan, trick, design, idea)
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