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Noun: wile  wI(-u)l
  1. The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose
    "The diplomat used his wiles to negotiate a favourable treaty";
    - trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, shenanigan

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Derived forms: wiles

Type of: deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation

Encyclopedia: Wile, John