Definitions for: Wile

[n] the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Webster (1913) Definition: Wile, n. [OE. wile, AS. w[=i]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.

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

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

Wile, v. t.
1. To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to
allure. [R.] --Spenser.

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

Synonyms: chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery

See Also: deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, jugglery, put-on

Try our:
Scrabble Word Finder

Scrabble Cheat

Words With Friends Cheat

Hanging With Friends Cheat

Scramble With Friends Cheat

Ruzzle Cheat

Related Resources:
this site
t letter animals
animals starting with r