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trick(noun, catch, fake, honest, twist)
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stratagem(noun, action, cause, plan, catch)
24
ruse(noun, action, cause, catch, fake)
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artifice(noun, catch, fake, trick, honest)
23
device(noun, action, cause, catch, fake)
23
dodge(noun, action, catch, fake, trick)
22
subterfuge(noun, action, cause, catch, trick)
19
gambit(noun, action, plan, trick, game)
17
wile(noun, catch, fake, trick, honest)
16
scheme(noun, action, plan, line, trick)
15
manoeuvre
15
plot(noun, action, trick, twist, deception)
12
move(noun, action, progress, trick, measure)
11
tactic(noun, move, action, plan, line)
11
contrivance(noun, move, action, trick, twist)
11
feint(noun, cause, catch, fake, trick)
11
gimmick(noun, action, catch, fake, trick)
10
game(noun, move, action, trick, plot)
10
machination(noun, trick, deception, talk, dishonesty)
10
plan(noun, action, line, trick, approach)
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