Artifice
Artifice noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: used the artifice of saying his grandmother had died so that he could get the last seat on the plane
Crookery and artifice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Crookery" instead a noun "Artifice".
Nearby Words: artificial, artificer
Crookery
Crookery noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: the dealer encouraged his sales reps to engage in crookery of all sorts, so long as it sold cars
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- device and artifice
- device and crookery
- trick and artifice
- trick and crookery
- deception and artifice
- deception and crookery
- stratagem and artifice
- stratagem and crookery
- cunning and artifice
- cunning and crookery
- double-dealing and artifice
- double-dealing and crookery
- craft and artifice
- craft and crookery
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Crookery and Artifice. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/artifice/crookery
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Crookery or Artifice. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/artifice/crookery.
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