a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.

wiles, artful or beguiling behavior.

deceitful cunning; trickery.

to beguile, entice, or lure (usually fol. by away, from, into, etc.)

The music wiled him from his study.

wile away, to spend or pass (time), esp. in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion

to wile away the long winter nights.

noun

naivety , stupidity

noun

angle , artfulness , artifice , cheating , chicane , chicanery , con * , contrivance , craft , craftiness , deceit , deception , device , dishonesty , dissimulation , dodge , feint , flimflam * , fraud , gambit , game , gimmick , guile , hoax , horseplay , imposition , little game , lure , maneuver , monkey business * , monkeyshines , plot , ploy , racket * , ruse , scam * , scheming , setup , shenanigans * , skullduggery * , slant , slyness , stratagem , stunt , subterfuge , switch , trick , trickery , twist , imposture , jig , sleight , art , attract , charm , coax , cunning , entice , machination , pass , shenanigans

verb

dawdle , fiddle away , kill , trifle away , waste , while