(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swindle.

avoidance avoiding reaction bamboozlement befooling bluffing buck-passing calculated deception conning deceiving deception deceptiveness defense mechanism defrauding delusion delusiveness dodge duck dupery elusion elusiveness enmeshment ensnarement entanglement entrapment equivocation escape evasion evasive action evasiveness fallaciousness fallacy falseness flimflam flimflammery foiling fond illusion fooling forbearance forestalling forestallment frustration getting around getting round hallucination hoodwinking illusion jink kidding mirage neutrality nonintervention noninvolvement outguessing outmaneuvering outwitting overreaching passing the buck phantasm prevention putting on refraining self-deception shunning shunting off shy sidestep sidetracking slip snow job song and dance spoofery spoofing subterfuge swindling the runaround the slip thwarting trickiness tricking victimization vision willful misconception wishful thinking zigzag