4
fetch
4
play(noun, move, action, trick, pretense)
4
shenanigan(noun, catch, trick, honest, sport)
3
bluff(noun, cause, trick, skill, deception)
3
cover(cause, con, excuse)
3
dirty trick(noun, expression, deception, dishonesty, treachery)
3
front(cause, con, excuse, pretense, ploy)
3
grift(noun, trick, skill, grace, poise)
3
guile(noun, craft, twist, skill, deception)
3
jig(noun, move, action, catch, trick)
3
little game(noun, trick)
3
manipulation
3
means(verb, support, catch, fake, property)
3
method(noun, support, plan, catch, rule)
3
refuge(support, trick, measure, property, store)
3
resort(measure, means, method)
3
resource(noun, measure, store, supply, means)
3
scam(plan, trick, design, lie, scheme)
3
scheming(noun, cunning, craftiness, wiles)
3
show(cause, con, excuse, pretense, ploy)
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