Definitions
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Word origin
From Middle English wile, an occupational surname for a trapper or a nickname for a wily person.
Used in a sentence
“He was seduced by her wiles.”
“"Anything interesting among your letters, Geoffrey?" asked Miss Tilehurst, concealing a protective curiosity under this sociable wile, since she had already inspected the covers.”
“to frustrate all our plots and wiles”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Trick”4 letters
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