wile
noun
1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Similar word(s): chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery
Definition categories: act, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation
Sentences with wile as a noun:
- He was seduced by her wiles.
verb
1. To entice or lure
2. Archaic form of while, "to pass the time".
- Here's a pleasant way to wile away the hours.