guile
gahyl
- n shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- n the quality of being crafty
- n the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- The guerrilla's guile could not take him far and he perished as he lived - by the sword.
- The conman fooled the people at the roadside with his guile and trickery and made away with their purses.
- Tim had to use all his guile and craftiness to get out of a situation that was quickly going out of hand.