52 entries under trick topic. ×

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stratagem(noun, plan, design, idea)
20
scheme(noun, plan, design, idea)
20
plot(noun, plan, design, idea)
17
artifice(noun, deception, dishonesty, cunning)
17
ruse(noun, plan, deception, talk)
14
device(noun, plan, design, idea)
14
dodge(noun, plan, informal, deception)
12
contrivance(noun, move, action, plan)
12
ploy(noun, deception, talk, dishonesty)
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subterfuge(noun, deception, talk, dishonesty)
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wile(noun, deception, device, cunning)
8
trap(noun, cunning, maneuver, snare)
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deception(noun, dishonesty, cunning, trickery)
7
design(noun, plan, course, scheme)
7
maneuver(noun, move, deception, dishonesty)
7
plan(noun, move, action, design)
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gambit(noun, move, action, deception)
5
chicanery(noun, deception, plot, trickery)
4
finesse(move, action, cunning, maneuver)
3
expedient(plan, course, plot, pretense)
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