artifice
/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/ noun C2- Crafty deception.
- A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
- A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
- A tactical move to gain advantage.
- Skill; cleverness.
Plural artifices
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A LION, unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, resolved to do so by artifice.
Dantès dug away the earth carefully, and detected, or fancied he detected, the ingenious artifice.
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