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1artifice — [ artifis ] n. m. • artefice 1256; lat. artificium « art, métier », par l it. 1 ♦ (1505) Vx Art consommé, habileté. ⇒ art. ♢ Mod. Moyen habile, ingénieux. Résoudre un problème de mathématiques par un artifice de calcul. 2 ♦ (XVIIe) Cour. Moyen… …
2artifice — ► NOUN ▪ the use of cunning plans or devices in order to trick or deceive. ORIGIN Latin artificium, from ars art + facere make …
3artifice — (ar ti fi s ) s. m. 1° Habile, industrieuse combinaison de moyens. Les artifices de l éloquence. • Le joug du chariot était composé de noeuds entrelacés avec tant d artifice, qu on n en eût su découvrir le commencement ni la fin, VAUGEL. Q. C …
4artifice — [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)tɪfɪs[/t]] artifices N VAR Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices. [FORMAL] Weegee s photographs are full of artfulness, and artifice …
5artifice to defraud — scheme or artifice to defraud For purposes of fraudulent representation statutes, consists of forming plan or devising some trick to perpetrate fraud upon another. State v. Smith, 121 Ariz. 106, 588 P.2d 848. Such connotes a plan or pattern of… …
6artifice — noun formal 1 (U) the use of clever tricks: Her charm was all artifice. 2 (C) a clever trick, especially one used to deceive someone artificial, adjective (usually before noun) 1 not made of natural materials or substances: artificial sweeteners… …
7artifice — ar|ti|fice [ˈa:tıfıs US ˈa:r ] n formal [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: Latin artificium, from artifex skilled worker , from ars ( ART1) + facere to make ] 1.) [U] the use of clever tricks to deceive someone = ↑cunning 2.) …
8scheme or artifice to defraud — For purposes of fraudulent representation statutes, consists of forming plan or devising some trick to perpetrate fraud upon another. State v. Smith, 121 Ariz. 106, 588 P.2d 848. Such connotes a plan or pattern of conduct which is intended to or… …
9Hana-bi - feux d'artifice — Hana Bi Hana bi Réalisation Takeshi Kitano Acteurs principaux Beat Takeshi Kayoko Kishimoto Ren Osugi Susumu Terajima Scénario Takeshi Kitano Musique Joe Hisaishi Direction artistique Norihiro Isoda …
10dodge — I. v. n. 1. Start aside, shift place suddenly, duck. 2. (Colloq.) Shuffle, evade, equivocate, quibble, prevaricate, use artifice, play fast and loose, be evasive. II. v. a. Evade (by starting or ducking). III. n. 1. Starti …
