6
sham(noun, trick, deception, lie, dishonesty)
5
action(noun, move, plan, rule, trick)
5
blind(trick, deception, dishonesty, treachery, duplicity)
5
chicanery(noun, trick, deception, cunning, plot)
5
craft(noun, plan, trick, twist, skill)
5
juggle(deception, cunning)
5
pretence
5
racket(noun, plan, trick, twist, skill)
5
sleight(noun, catch, trick, honest, sport)
5
stall(noun, cause, fake, trick, lie)
4
alibi(noun, cause, con, excuse, ruse)
4
art(cunning, scheme, craftiness, wiles)
4
artful dodge(expression, idiom, deception, cunning)
4
cabal(noun, plan, trick, scheme, plot)
4
catch(noun, fake, trick, sport, deception)
4
chicane(noun, trick, twist, deception, talk)
4
collusion
4
con(noun, cause, trick, twist, skill)
4
connivance
4
coup(noun, achievement, maneuver)
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