Meaning of Wile | Babel Free

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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