wile

Synonyms:

chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery

Types:

dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

jugglery

artful trickery designed to achieve an end

goldbrick

anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

Type of:

deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation

the act of deceiving