Wile

Definitions

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
   plural-normally
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   rare

Equivalents

Examples

“He was seduced by her wiles.”

“to frustrate all our plots and wiles”

“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence⟳ (I conjure you to believe⟳ me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake⟳; since history and experience⟳ prove⟳, that foreign influence⟳ is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.”

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