| colouring |
| con(noun, cause, trick, deception, sham) |
| condone(verb, defend, explain, spare, relieve) |
| confidence game(noun, expression, trick, lie, sham) |
| confirmation(noun, reason, approval, argument, explanation) |
| crock(noun, trick, lie, sham, con) |
| cunning(noun, slip, shift, escape, routine) |
| deceit(trick, deception, sham, con, fraud) |
| decoy(noun, trick, lie, sham, con) |
| defend(verb, explain, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| delusion |
| design(noun, cause, basis, justification, grounds) |
| determinant(noun, cause, reason, base, call) |
| discharge(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive) |
| dispense from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, defend, explain) |
| display(cover, trick, sham, con, air) |
| dissemblance |
| ditch(noun, slip, shift, escape, routine) |
| dumb act(expression, trick, sham, con, cloak) |
| elusion(shift, escape, routine, cunning, excuse) |