astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

disingenuousness - the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor

dissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceiving

dupery, hoax, put-on, humbug, fraud, fraudulence - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

jugglery - artful trickery designed to achieve an end; "the senator's tax program was mere jugglery"