Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wile \Wile\, n. [OE. wile, AS. w[=i]l; cf. Icel. v?l, v[ae]l.
   Cf. {Guile}.]
   A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a
   sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.

         Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to
         stand against the wiles of the devil.    --Eph. vi. 11.

         Not more almighty to resist our might, Than wise to
         frustrate all our plots and wiles.       --Milton.

Wile \Wile\, v. t.
   1. To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to
      allure. [R.] --Spenser.

   2. To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while
      away; to cause to pass pleasantly. --Tennyson.

Source : WordNet®

wile
     n : the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
         money from them) [syn: {trickery}, {chicanery}, {chicane},
          {guile}, {shenanigan}]