Guile GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /gaɪl/ (noun) trickery, deceit, chicanery, deviousness, cleverness, treachery, artifice, slyness, cunning, duplicity, astuteness, deceitfulness Other Supreme Court decisions have found nothing unconstitutional about police statements that misrepresent the real focus of the interrogation or distort the amount of incriminating evidence against the accused. Only if such trickery or guile takes place…
Chicanery GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Chicanery GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ʃɪˈkeɪ.nər.i/ US /-nɚ-/ (noun) clever, dishonest talk or behavior which is used to deceive people, deception, trickery, smoke and mirrors, underhandedness: Clearly there is some chicanery going on. Fre: chicanerie Fa: کلاه برداری، فریب
Artifice Artifice (noun) /ˈɑː.tɪ.fɪs/ US /ˈɑːr.ţɪ-/ the use of clever tricks to mislead and deceive people – cunning – chicanery: Without artifice, he could win all the arguments among the other contestants.
Machiavellian Machiavellian (adj)/ˌmæk.i.əˈvel.i.ən/ Definition using clever trickery to get what you want, esp in politics – cunning – tricky – amoral – unscrupulous – treacherous – deceitful – guileful – devious: Example He has achieved this level of success in business and entrepreneurship only by using Machiavellian plots. Antonyms honest Parts of speech Noun: Machiavellianism