65 entries under subterfuge topic. ×
| decoy(noun, trick, deception, lie, sham) | |
| racket(noun, action, play, trick, twist) | |
| stall(noun, cause, trick, shift, escape) | |
| chicane(noun, trick, twist, deception, talk) | |
| wrinkle(noun, catch, fake, trick, counterfeit) | |
| catch(noun, fake, trick, sport, counterfeit) | |
| con(noun, action, cause, plan, play) | |
| grift(noun, action, plan, play, trick) | |
| snare(noun, fake, trick, deception, lie) | |
| stunt(noun, catch, fake, trick, twist) | |
| bilk(noun, trick, lie, sham, con) | |
| color(cause, deception, con, excuse, pretense) | |
| confidence game(noun, expression, trick, lie, sham) | |
| crock(noun, trick, lie, sham, con) | |
| fallacy(noun, trick, lie, sham, con) | |
| fib(noun, trick, lie, sham, con) | |
| hogwash(noun, trick, lie, sham, con) | |
| illusion(noun, trick, deception, lie, sham) | |
| jive(noun, craft, trick, shift, escape) | |
| lie(noun, trick, shift, escape, routine) |
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