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1. (n.) guile
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty deception.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME < OF < Gmc; akin to wile)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
2. (noun) craftiness, deceitfulness, guile
the quality of being crafty
3. (noun) trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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1. (noun) guile
craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery
2. (noun) guile
to disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude
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Sense: the ability to deceive or trick people
She used guile to get him to propose to her.
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 Afrikaans: lis, slinksheid |
 Arabic: مُكْر، إحْتيال النساء |
 Bulgarian: измама |
 Brazilian: manha |
 Czech: lest |
 German: die List |
 Danish: list; snuhed |
 Greek: δόλος, εξαπάτηση |
 Spanish: astucia; maña para engaña |
 Estonian: salakavalus |
 Farsi: حیله |
 Finnish: juonikkuus |
 French: ruse |
 Hebrew: עָרמָה |
 Hindi: छल-कपट |
 Croatian: lukavština, prijevara |
 Hungarian: ravaszság |
 Indonesian: kelicikan |
 Icelandic: vélabrögð, kænska |
 Italian: astuzia, scaltrezza |
 Japanese: こうかつさ |
 Korean: 간사한 꾀 |
 Lithuanian: klasta, apgaulė |
 Latvian: viltība; viltus |
 Malay: tipu muslihat |
 Dutch: geleid projectiel |
 Norwegian: list, falskhet |
 Polish: podstęp(ność) |
 Persian: حیله |
 Pashto: ټګى، مكر، حيله، غولونه تي |
 Portuguese: manha |
 Romanian: viclenie |
 Russian: лукавство |
 Slovak: lesť |
 Slovenian: zvijača |
 Serbian: lukavstvo |
 Swedish: list |
 Thai: เล่ห์เหลี่ยม |
 Turkish: hilekârlık |
 Taiwanese: 詐騙手段 |
 Ukrainian: обман; хитрість |
 Urdu: عیّاری ، مکّاری |
 Vietnamese: sự lừa đảo |
 Chinese: 诡计 |
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