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Guile
01
the use of tricks, tactics, or intentionally misleading behaviors aimed at deceiving others for self-interested purposes
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Uncountable
Examples
Politicians often rely on guile like spin and rhetoric to portray their opponents' policies in a negative light.
02
an artful cleverness used to perform trickery, deception, and manipulation
Examples
As a con artist, guile and deception came naturally to him.
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guileful
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