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maneuver(move, trick, deception, dishonesty)
7
plan(move, action, trick, design)
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gambit(move, action, trick, deception)
6
game(move, scheme, plot, treason)
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chicanery(trick, deception, plot, trickery)
5
collusion(plan, scheme, plot, planned)
5
complot(plan, scheme, plot, involvement)
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move
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complicity
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connivance(plan, scheme, plot, planned)
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practice(plan, course, scheme, plot)
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scheming
4
tactics
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chicane(deception, dishonesty, trickery, verbiage)
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frame-up
3
manipulation
3
strategy(plan, trick, design, idea)
3
tactic(move, action, trick, pretense)
2
designing
2
evasion(trick, cunning, maneuver, ruse)
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