Word Meaning

artifice definition and meaning

n. A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
n. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
n. Artful or skillful contrivance.
n. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]

Crossword clues for artifice

- Clever expedient
- Cunning plan whereby Ed is replaced by painting in imposing structure
- Shiftiness
- Subtle trickery