cunning
nounfeminine/ɐʃˈtusiɐ/medium
as·tú·ci·a
Definition
The quality of being cunning; skill in using artifice, cleverness, shrewdness.
The thief used great cunning to commit the crime.
His political cunning allowed him to survive several crises.
Common collocations
with cunninggreat cunningpolitical cunningfox-like cunning
Etymology
Do latim 'astutia'.