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die List (-en)  cunning; ruse, trick(s)
mit List und Tücke  with a lot of coaxing

Da greift Ilse zu einer List. Sie legt in Tims Koffer einen Zwanzigeuroschein, bezichtigt ihn des Diebstahls und droht mit der Polizei.
So Ilse resorts to a ruse. She puts a twenty-euro bill in Tim's suitcase, accuses him of theft and threatens to tell the police.

Related: listig crafty, cunning(ly), wily listigerweise cunningly
Confused with: die Liste list

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