Definition of artifice

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Artifice (n.) Artful or skillful contrivance.

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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..
Counterplot :: Counterplot (n.) A plot or artifice opposed to another.
Artifice :: Artifice (n.) Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
Craftsman :: Craftsman (n.) One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.
Insnare :: Insnare (v. t.) To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle..
Fraud :: Fraud (n.) Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.
Politician :: Politician (a.) Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful.
Finesse :: Finesse (v. i.) To use artifice or stratagem.
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure..
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..
Machiavelianism :: Machiavelianism (n.) The supposed principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power..
Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..
Trick :: Trick (a.) An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade..
Tradesman :: Tradesman (n.) A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands..
Shuffle :: Shuffle (n.) A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
Wile :: Wile (n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement..
Brazier :: Brazier (n.) An artificer who works in brass.
Sleight :: Sleight (n.) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
Filibuster :: Filibuster (v. i.) To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices..
Plant :: Plant (n.) A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.
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