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ruse, artifice
n. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
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contrivance, stratagem, dodge
n. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
subterfuge, blind
n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"
tactic, tactics, maneuver, manoeuvre
n. a plan for attaining a particular goal
trick, fast one
n. a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it"
craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
n. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
superior skill
n. more than ordinary ability
dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight
n. adroitness in using the hands
skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
n. an ability that has been acquired by training
appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
n. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
snare
n. a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
World Wide Web, WWW, web
n. computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
swindle, cheat, rig
n. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
dodge, dodging, scheme
n. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
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artifice
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