chicane

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

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

fakery, humbuggery, imposture, quackery

design, plotting, scheming

crib

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

doctor, fake, tamper (with)

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

dodge, evade, hedge