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English to English noun
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a maneuver in a game or conversation |  | source: wordnet30
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an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | | Example: his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
source: wordnet30
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An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. | | source: webster1913
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