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Artifice

Noun:

1. Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.

Example sentence: The magician's performance was filled with artifice, leaving the audience amazed.

2. A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick.

Example sentence: The architect used an artifice to create the illusion of space in the small apartment.

Verb:

1. To employ artifice or cunning; to deceive or trick someone.

Example sentence: The con artist artificed his way into the victim's trust and stole their life savings.

Adjective:

1. Characterized by cleverness or cunning.

Example sentence: The artifice scheme devised by the thieves went undetected by the police.

Adverb:

No commonly used adverb forms of artifice exist.