Crookery
Crookery noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Flimflam
Flimflam noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: giving the new guy at work her cell phone number—“in case of an emergency”—was just a flimflam to pique his romantic interest
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