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   artifice

   /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/

   noun

   • 1. clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others: "an industry dominated by artifice" Similar trickerydeviousnessdeceitdeceptiondishonestycheatingduplicityguilecunningartfulnesswilinesscraftcraftinessevasionslynesschicaneryintriguesubterfugestrategybluffpretencefraudfraudulencesophistrysharp practiceinformal:monkey businessfunny businesshanky-pankyjiggery-pokeryevery trick in the bookdevicetrickstratagemploytacticruseschememovemanoeuvrecontrivancemachinationexpedientwiledodgeswindlehoaxfraudconfidence trickinformal:concon trickset-upgamescamstingflimflamwheezebuncogriftlurkrortschlenterinformal, dated:flankerarchaic:shiftfetchrig

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘workmanship’): from Old French, from Latin artificium, based on ars, art- ‘art’ + facere ‘make’.

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