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wiles

 

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Noun wile has 1 sense
  1. trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
    --1 is a kind of deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
    --1 has particulars:
     fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on; jugglery

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Definition:

Wiles (noun): The cunning or devious strategies employed to achieve one's goals; artful or crafty tricks.

Wiles (plural noun): Charming or beguiling behaviors used to manipulate or influence others.

Examples:

As a noun:

1. He used his wiles to deceive his opponents and win the game.

2. The politician's strategic wiles helped him gain the support of the undecided voters.

As a plural noun:

1. She employed her feminine wiles to make the salesman offer her a better deal.

2. The con artist employed various wiles to swindle innocent people out of their money.

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