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has gloss | (noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" dodge, stratagem, contrivance |
lexicalization | eng: contrivance |
lexicalization | eng: dodge |
lexicalization | eng: stratagem |
subclass of | (noun) an elaborate and systematic plan of action strategy, scheme |
has subclass | (noun) something planted secretly for discovery by another; "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant" plant |
has subclass | (noun) an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises pump-and-dump scheme |
has subclass | (noun) an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery wangling, wangle |
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lexicalization | rus: изощрение |
lexicalization | rus: изворот |
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