guile /ˈgaɪ(ə)l/
狡猾,狡計
Guile n. Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.
Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. --John i. 47.
To wage by force or guile eternal war. --Milton.
Guile, v. t. To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.]
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guile
n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
[syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, slyness,
wiliness]
2: the quality of being crafty [syn: craftiness, deceitfulness]
3: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane,
wile, shenanigan]