The quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage.

The quality of being crafty; SYN. deceitfulness, guile.

ETYM Old Eng. guile, gile, Old Fren. guile; of German origin, and the same word as Eng. wile. Related to Wile.
Deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; treachery.

ETYM French stratagčme (cf. Spanish estratagema, Italian stratagemma), Latin strategema, Greek, from strategema to be leader of an army; cf. Stratum) + agein to lead. Related to Agent.
1. An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy.
2. In general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.

ETYM Dutch trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken to draw; akin to lg. trekken, Mid. High Germ. trecken, trechen, Dan. traekke, and OFries. trekka. Related to Track, Trachery, Trig, Trigger.
1. A cunning or deceitful action or device; SYN. fast one.
2. A period of work or duty.
3. An attempt to get one to do something foolish or imprudent. + prikaži više

1. The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them); SYN. chicanery, guile, wile, shenanigan.
2. Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of one in some way; SYN. hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery.

ETYM Old Eng. wile, AS. wîl; cf. Icel. val, vael. Related to Guile.
(Homonym: while).
A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.