Definition of artifice

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Artifice (n.) Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.

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Swindlery :: Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat..
Entrap :: Entrap (v. t.) To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men..
Gaud :: Gaud (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.
Simple :: Simple (a.) Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true..
Artificer :: Artificer (n.) One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer..
Cartwright :: Cartwright (n.) An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure..
Covin :: Covin (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice.
Politician :: Politician (a.) Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful.
Locksmith :: Locksmith (n.) An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
Finesse :: Finesse (v. i.) To use artifice or stratagem.
Conveyance :: Conveyance (n.) Dishonest management, or 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..
Overreach :: Overreach (v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat..
Illude :: Illude (v. t.) To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.
Cabal :: Cabal (n.) The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
Unfair :: Unfair (a.) Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
Swindle :: Swindle (v. t.) To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property..
Dodgery :: Dodgery (n.) trickery; artifice.
Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To try artifices or stratagems.
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