Business Tactics Vocabulary

noun deceitful cunning; duplicity

• The politician used his guile to manipulate the situation in his favor.
• She relied on her guile to outsmart her opponents in the game.
• He's got some serious guile to pull off that kind of prank.
• The fox's reputation for guile is well-deserved in the animal kingdom.

verb to contrive or plot, especially in a secret or underhanded manner

• The group of conspirators decided to machinate a plan to overthrow the government.
• She's always machinating something behind the scenes.
• I heard they were machinating a way to cheat on the test.
• The wheels of power machinate in mysterious ways.