| jugglery |
| little game |
| mask(cover, show, cause, trick, color) |
| masking(cover, show, colour, deception, color) |
| misrepresentation(noun, trick, deception, sham, dishonesty) |
| overreaching(deception, dishonesty, treachery) |
| plea(cause, reason, trick, explanation, con) |
| put off(verb, expression, phrasal verb) |
| red herring(expression, cause, con, excuse) |
| semblance(cause, reason, trick, sham, con) |
| shenanigan(noun, catch, trick, honest, sport) |
| skullduggery(noun, deception, dishonesty, fraud, fling) |
| sleight of hand(noun, expression, idiom, catch, trick) |
| smokescreen |
| snare(noun, fake, trick, deception, lie) |
| snow job(expression, deception, dishonesty, treachery) |
| solecism(noun, deception, mistake, error, reasoning) |
| song and dance(expression, idiom, cause, reason, trick) |
| subtlety(art, cunning, scheme, reasoning, deceit) |
| take-in(noun, trick, honest, informal, means) |