Wile

n. [A-S. wile, Icel. vél, viel, fraud, vela, to deceive. Cf. GUILE.] A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice. “That ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Eph. vi. 11.

Not more almighty to resist our might, Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles. Milton.