<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice;</li><li>device.</li><li>Synonyms:<ul><li>maneuver,</li><li>contrivance,</li><li>deception,</li><li>wiles,</li><li>artful or beguiling behavior.</li></ul></li><li>Synonyms:<ul><li>maneuver,</li><li>contrivance,</li><li>deception.</li></ul></li><li>deceitful cunning;</li><li>trickery.</li><li>Synonyms:<ul><li>fraud,</li><li>chicanery.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) wiled, wil·ing.</li><li>to beguile, entice, or lure (usually followed by away, from, into, etc.): The music wiled him from his study.</li><li>verb phrase: to spend or pass (time), especially in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion: to wile away the long winter nights.</li></ul>