1
legerdemain(fraud, deceit, lying, falsehood, duplicity)
1
line(noun, cover, deception, lie, sham)
1
little white lie(expression, idiom)
1
logic-chopping
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made-up story(expression, lie, fantasy, book, falsehood)
1
miscoloring
1
misconstruction
1
mystification
1
nit-picking
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nitpicking
1
obliqueness(noun, shift, escape, routine, cunning)
1
paltering
1
parrying
1
pettifoggery
1
pious fiction
1
pretense(deception, lie, sham, fraud, deceit)
1
pretext(noun, shift, escape, routine, cunning)
1
pussyfooting
1
quibbling routine(noun, expression, cover, line, lie)
1
routine(noun, shift, escape, cunning, excuse)
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