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artifice

An artifice is a skill or craft that is clever but often manipulative or tricky. (noun)

An example of an artifice is the story a con artist uses to convince you to give him your money.

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See artifice in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See artifice in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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