guile

About 0.55 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
2. noun Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
3. verb To deceive, beguile, bewile.
4. noun Obsolete form of gold.
5. noun Alternative form of gyle.

Similar words

craftiness cunning wiliness wile trickery slyness chicanery deceitfulness shenanigan craft

Often followed by

and of in or to found that is was

Word family

guileful guilefully guilefulness guilefulnesses guiles