artifice

Example:The clever or cunning (cunning) commander used artifice to outmaneuver the enemy.

Definition:shrewdness or cleverness in achieving one's own ends, especially by misleading or harming others

Example:Her story was filled with artifice and deception.

Definition:an act of misleading with words or information, to make someone believe an untruth

Example:The salesman's strategy involved artifice and trickery to make higher sales targets.

Definition:dishonest or deceitful behavior