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feigning(trick, con, falsehood, cloak)
3
façade(noun, cover, show, trick, face)
3
ostentation(noun, trick, effect, face)
3
shift(noun, reason, slip, trick, escape)
2
acting(trick, con, falsehood, cloak)
2
dissimulation(cover, show, trick, con)
2
fakery(trick, deception, con, fraud)
2
faking(trick, con, falsehood, cloak)
2
hoax(noun, trick, deception, con)
2
make-believe(noun, fake, trick, effect, face)
2
posing(trick, con, falsehood, cloak)
2
routine(noun, cause, reason, slip, trick)
2
story(noun, action, reason, trick, claim)
2
whitewash(noun, verb, reason, trick, deception)
2
wile(noun, trick, lie, con)
1
act(trick, deception, con, fraud)
1
bilk(noun, trick, lie, con)
1
catch(noun, trick, lie, con)
1
charade(trick, deception, con, fraud)
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chicane(noun, trick, lie, con)
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