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Synonyms of smoke screen
as in front, blind
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for smoke screen
- cheating,
- chicanery,
- cozenage,
- craft,
- crookery,
- cunning,
- deception,
- dupery,
- duplicity,
- fakery,
- jugglery,
- legerdemain,
- skulduggery
- (or skullduggery),
- subterfuge,
- swindling,
- trickery
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The first known use of smoke screen was in 1915
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