wile

Noun
Synonyms: trickerychicanerychicaneguileshenanigan

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)Synonyms: trickerychicanerychicaneguileshenanigan
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Wile \Wile\, v. t.

1.To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure. [R.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2.To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Wile \Wile\, n. [OE. wile, AS. w[imac]l; cf. Icel. v?l, v[ae]l. Cf. Guile.] A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement. [1913 Webster]

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. --Eph. vi. 11. [1913 Webster]

Not more almighty to resist our might, Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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