guile
n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
[syn: {craft}, {craftiness}, {cunning}, {foxiness}, {slyness},
{wiliness}]
2: the quality of being crafty [syn: {craftiness}, {deceitfulness}]
3: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
money from them) [syn: {trickery}, {chicanery}, {wile}, {shenanigan}]