Definitions
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
Word origin
From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.
Used in a sentence
“The notion that consequence can be as easily managed as PR is the ultimate artifice and the ultimate delusion.”
“The Creator has so cunningly endowed our bodies that there is no labor to be done, no skill in artificing or fashioning the metals, that is beyond our reach.”
“Some of the greatest artists of their day either furnished designs or with their own hands artificed ornaments for domestic use,”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Clever trick”8 letters
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