"Ruse" is a word in ENGLISH

On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice.

To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.

To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.

A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans …

ardíl - (Sp. ardid) Astuteness, cunning, artifice; a ruse, an astute clever lie, sharp practice, a cunning misleading of others; …

ardilóso - (From the Sp. ardid) Clever, cunning, astute, tricky, tricksy, misleading others by an artifice or under plausible and …

Cunning; artifice; craft.

árte - (Sp. arte) Art, skill; artifice.

Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]

Artful or skillful contrivance.

A handicraft; a trade; art of making.

Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.

A cunning or artful fellow.

An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a …

A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military …

One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer.

To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will …

A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.

To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

An artificer who works in brass.