Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ARTIFICE
ruse, artifice
(noun) a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
artifice (countable and uncountable, plural artifices)
A crafty but underhanded deception.
A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
A tactical move to gain advantage.
(archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
Verb
artifice (third-person singular simple present artifices, present participle artificing, simple past and past participle artificed)
To construct by means of skill or specialised art
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"ti*fice, n. Etym: [L. artificium, fr. artifex artificer; ars, artis, art + facere to make: cf. F. artifice.]
1. A handicraft; a trade; art of making. [Obs.]
2. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work. The material universe.. in the artifice of God, the artifice of the best Mechanist. Cudworth.
3. Artful or skillful contrivance. His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much artifice. Craik.
4. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick.
Note: [Now the usual meaning.] Those who were conscious of guilt employed numerous artifices for the purpose of averting inquiry. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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