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