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Crafty Deception Or Stratagem

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noun

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

73%9Crafty stratagem
noun

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

40%12 Trapping or capturing by deception or stratagem
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