6
quibble(noun, slip, twist, shift, escape)
6
tactic(noun, trick, pretense, maneuver, ruse)
5
color(cover, show, cause, deception, con)
5
cover(show, cause, reason, trick, color)
5
craft(noun, trick, deception, cunning, scheme)
5
fallacy(noun, trick, deception, lie, mistake)
5
gambit(noun, trick, deception, dishonesty, trickery)
5
masquerade(noun, cause, trick, sham, con)
5
move
5
screen(noun, cover, show, colour, deception)
5
stall(noun, cause, reason, trick, shift)
5
strategy(noun, art, craft, trick, device)
5
swindle(noun, deception, dishonesty, treachery)
4
art(cunning, scheme, craftiness, wiles)
4
double-dealing(noun, trick, deception, dishonesty, fraud)
4
equivocation(noun, slip, twist, deception, shift)
4
finesse(trick, cunning, maneuver, stratagem)
4
flimflam(deception, dishonesty, treachery, trickery, verbiage)
4
front(cover, show, cause, deception, color)
4
guise(cover, show, cause, trick, color)
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