English noun: wile | |||
1. | wile (act) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||
Synonyms | chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, jugglery, put-on | ||