chicane

artfulness, caginess (also cageyness), craftiness, cunning, deviousness, foxiness, oiliness, shadiness, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, sneakiness, treachery, underhandedness, wiliness

crookedness, crookery, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, guile, guilefulness, hypocrisy, insincerity

fakery, humbuggery, imposture, quackery

dirty pool, dirty tricks

design, plotting, scheming, secrecy, stealth

crib

color, distort, falsify, misinterpret, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp

doctor, fake, tamper (with)

elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, stretch

dodge, evade, hedge