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1. Trick. artifice. ruse. stratagem. wile are terms for crafty or cunning devices that are intended to deceive. Trick. the general term, refers usually to an underhanded act designed to cheat someone, but it sometimes refers merely to a pleasurable deceiving of the senses: to win by a trick. Like trick. but to a greater degree, artifice emphasizes the cleverness, ingenuity, or cunning with which the proceeding is devised: an artifice of diabolical ingenuity. Ruse and stratagem emphasize the purpose for which the trick is designed; ruse is the more general term of the two, and stratagem sometimes implies a more elaborate procedure or a military application: He gained entrance by a ruse. His stratagem gave them command of the hill. W ile emphasizes the disarming effect of the trick upon those who are deceived: His wiles charmed them into trusting him. 18. See cheat .

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Examples from the News

• Michelangelo tricked his patron about the David, but sometimes he was forcibly reminded who paid the bills.

• Its visor grinned at him--the fool, the tricked, the supplanted.

William J. Locke