Wile (Noun)
Meaning
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- He used every wile in the book to convincingly sell the fake antique to the unsuspecting buyer.
- The con artist relied on her charming smile and cunning wile to swindle vulnerable seniors out of their life savings.
- The company was shut down after investigators discovered its wile tactics used to scam customers into buying overpriced insurance policies.
- She fell victim to an online scammer who used clever wile to make her believe she had won a large sum of money.
- His charming demeanor was just a wile to distract her from the hidden fees in the contracts he was pushing her to sign.