artful trick
1artful dodge — index evasion, machination, maneuver (trick) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2trick — I. noun Etymology: Middle English trikke, from Anglo French *trik, from trikier to deceive, cheat, from Vulgar Latin *triccare, alteration of Latin tricari to behave evasively, shuffle, from tricae complications, trifles Date: 15th century 1. a.… …
3trick — Synonyms and related words: ability, accomplishment, ace, action, ad hoc measure, affectation, airy nothing, alibi, anchor watch, answer, antic, apology, aroma, art, artful dodge, artifice, attribute, autism, automatism, bad habit, badge, bag of… …
4dirty trick — Synonyms and related words: artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, blind, bluff, bosey, catch, chicanery, chouse, curve, curve ball, design, device, dirty deal, dirty pool, dirty work, dodge, double dealing, duplicity, falseheartedness, fast deal …
5Sleight — Sleight, n. [OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel. sl?g? (for sl?g?) slyness, cunning, fr. sl?gr (for sl?gr) sly, cunning. See {Sly}.] 1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. [Obs.] His sleight and his covin. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. An artful… …
6Sleight of hand — Sleight Sleight, n. [OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel. sl?g? (for sl?g?) slyness, cunning, fr. sl?gr (for sl?gr) sly, cunning. See {Sly}.] 1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. [Obs.] His sleight and his covin. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. An… …
7sleight — noun a) Cunning; craft; artful practice. b) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation …
8artifice — [ärt′ə fis] n. [OFr < L artificium, craft < artifex, artist, master of a trade < ars, ART1 + facere, DO1] 1. skill or ingenuity 2. a clever expedient 3. trickery or craft 4 …
9leg|er|de|main — «LEHJ uhr duh MAYN», noun. 1. sleight of hand; conjuring tricks; jugglery: »A common trick of legerdemain is to take rabbits from an apparently empty hat. SYNONYM(S): prestidigitation. 2. Figurative. trickery; deception; …
10legerdemain — legerdemainist, n. /lej euhr deuh mayn /, n. 1. sleight of hand. 2. trickery; deception. 3. any artful trick. [1400 50; late ME legerdemeyn, lygarde de mayne < MF: lit., light of hand] * * * …
