| pretext(noun, cover, cause, reason, trick) |
| subterfuge(noun, cause, reason, trick, shift) |
| artifice(noun, trick, shift, escape, routine) |
| excuse(noun, cause, reason, trick, shift) |
| ruse(noun, cause, trick, shift, escape) |
| stratagem(noun, cause, fake, trick, lie) |
| trick(noun, verb, reason, shift, escape) |
| wile(noun, trick, lie, sham) |
| bilk(verb, cut, reject, ignore, neglect) |
| catch(noun, verb, stop, close, halt) |
| decoy(noun, trick, lie, sham) |
| dodge(noun, verb, cut, reject, ignore) |
| feint(noun, action, cause, trick, lie) |
| lie(noun, verb, cover, line, trick) |
| shift(noun, verb, reason, trick, escape) |
| shuck(noun, verb, trick, avoid, escape) |
| shuffling(noun, cover, line, trick, shift) |
| stunt(noun, verb, performance, show, reduce) |
| act(noun, trick, behavior, sham) |
| acting(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |