| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The act or practice of deceiving: cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, shiftiness. See HONEST. 2. An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end: artifice, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile. Informal : shenanigan, take-in. See HONEST, MEANS.
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