guile

[gahyl]
noun
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Germanic; akin to wile

Synonyms
trickery, fraud, craft. See deceit.
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guile (ɡaɪl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
clever or crafty character or behaviour
 
[C18: from Old French guile, of Germanic origin; see wile]
 
'guileful
 
—adj
 
'guilefully
 
—adv
 
'guilefulness
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

guile
c.1150, from O.Fr. guile, from Frank. *wigila "trick, ruse" (cf. O.Fris. wigila "sorcery, witchcraft," and O.E. wil "trick," see wile).
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Example sentences
He had the least guile of anyone I've ever met and a total lack of vanity.
But her guile, savvy and experience have made her one of the top players in the
  world.
It took some gall and guile.
Corruption - where someone with power or guile gets what they want first.
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