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Best answers for Ruse – Crossword Clue


Answer: con


Clue Length Answer
Ruse3 letterscon
  1. Definition: 1. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Ruse4 lettersplot
  1. Definition: 1. plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government"

Ruse4 lettershoax
  1. Definition: 1. subject to a playful hoax or joke

Ruse4 lettersflam

    Ruse4 letterstrap
    1. Definition: 1. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

    Ruse4 letterswile
    1. Definition: 1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

    Ruse4 lettersploy
    1. Definition: 1. a maneuver in a game or conversation

    Ruse5 letterscheat
    1. Definition: 1. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

    Ruse5 letterstrick
    1. Definition: 1. in heraldry, a sketch of a coat of arms in outline.

    Ruse5 lettersstall
    1. Definition: 1. deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"

    Ruse5 letterscabal
    1. Definition: 1. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

    Ruse5 letterssetup
    1. Definition: 1. an act that incriminates someone on a false charge

    Ruse5 lettersbluff
    1. Definition: 1. Deception

    Ruse5 lettersshift
    1. Definition: 1. change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"

    Ruse6 lettersrefuge
    1. Definition: 1. a shelter from danger or hardship

    Ruse6 lettersscheme
    1. Definition: 1. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

    Ruse6 letterstactic
    1. Definition: 1. a plan for attaining a particular goal

    Ruse6 lettersracket
    1. Definition: 1. an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

    Ruse7 letterspretext
    1. Definition: 1. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

    Ruse7 letterssleight
    1. Definition: 1. adroitness in using the hands

    Ruse8 letterstrickery
    1. Definition: 1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

    Ruse8 lettersstrategy
    1. Definition: 1. an elaborate and systematic plan of action

    Ruse8 lettersartifice
    1. Definition: 1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

    Ruse8 letterspretence
    1. Definition: 1. the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

    Ruse9 lettersstratagem
    1. Definition: 1. a maneuver in a game or conversation

    Ruse10 letterssubterfuge
    1. Definition: 1. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"

    Ruse10 lettersshenanigan

      Ruse11 lettersred-herring

        Ruse15 letterssleight-of-hand


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