3
skullduggery(noun, deception, dishonesty, trickery, verbiage)
2
alternative
2
angle(noun, trick)
2
answer
2
appliance(noun, support, property, store, supply)
2
bit(noun, trick)
2
calculate
2
caper(noun, catch, trick, sport, deception)
2
cheat(trick, deception, lie, fraud, misleading)
2
child(noun, trick)
2
cloak(cause, con, excuse, pretense, ploy)
2
color(cause, con, excuse, pretense, ploy)
2
complicity
2
confidence trick(noun, expression, idiom, deception)
2
contraption(noun, support, property, store, supply)
2
convenience
2
course of action(expression, idiom)
2
cover-up(cause, lie, con, excuse, illusion)
2
cover story(expression, cause, con, excuse, pretense)
2
cover up
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