Political Manipulation Vocabulary

noun a clever or cunning trick or strategy used to deceive or outwit others

• The magician used artifice to create the illusion of a disappearing act.
• She relied on artifice to make her excuse for being late seem believable.
• The scam artist's whole game is built on artifice.
• Her smile was just an artifice to hide her true feelings.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or state of being

article a word that is used to specify a noun, such as 'the', 'a', or 'an'

• It is unethical to stack the cards in a business negotiation.
• He always tries to stack the cards in his favor during a game of poker.
• She's known for stacking the cards when playing cards with her friends.
• The politician was accused of trying to stack the cards in his favor during the election.

noun a fictional device described in George Orwell's novel 1984, used to erase or alter historical records and memories

• The government official ordered all documents related to the scandal to be thrown into the memory-hole.
• I accidentally threw my keys into the memory-hole and now I can't find them anywhere.
• I heard that company likes to memory-hole any negative reviews about their products.
• Sometimes I feel like my brain has a memory-hole for all the embarrassing moments I'd rather forget.