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Machiavelianism :: Machiavelianism (n.) The supposed principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power..

Dodgery :: Dodgery (n.) trickery; artifice.

Subterrane :: Subterfuge (n.) That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion..

Guile :: Guile (n.) Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.

Decoy :: Decoy (v. t.) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net..

Opificer :: Opificer (n.) An artificer; a workman.

Illude :: Illude (v. t.) To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.

Elusion :: Elusion (n.) Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery..

Cozenage :: Cozenage (n.) The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud.

Wary :: Wary (a.) Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful..

Trickery :: Trickery (n.) The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.

Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To try artifices or stratagems.

Locksmith :: Locksmith (n.) An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.

Gaud :: Gaud (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.

Craftsman :: Craftsman (n.) One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.

Trick :: Trick (a.) An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade..

Tradesman :: Tradesman (n.) A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands..

Gin :: Gin (n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

Fraud :: Fraud (n.) Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.

Swindlery :: Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat..

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