Finesse

(fĭ-nĕs’), n. [Fr. See FINENESS.] Subtility of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.

This is the artificialest piece of finesse to persuade men into slavery. Milton.

[imp. & p. p. FINESSED (fī-něst′); p. pr. & vb. n. FINESSING.] To use artifice or stratagem. Goldsmith.