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
Swindling and artifice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Swindling" instead a noun "Artifice".
Nearby Words: artificial, artificer
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
Cite this Source
Swindling and Artifice. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/artifice/swindling
Artifice & Swindling. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/artifice/swindling>.
Swindling or Artifice. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/artifice/swindling.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "artifice" and "swindling" have occurred on timeline