Why this word is great
BEWILE — [Verb] To delude or deceive someone through cunning or trickery. From Middle English biwilen, biwiȝelien ("to delude, deceive"), from Old English *bewīlian, *bewiġlian, equivalent to be- (intensive prefix) + wile ("trick, deceit"). Doublet of beguile. Unlike "beguile" (which softens deception with charm) or "mislead" (which may lack intent), bewile is the deliberate act of ensnaring with malice aforethought. It is the glint of a rigged die in a back-alley game, the honeyed words of a conman counting your stolen coins, or the careful arrangement of a spider’s web before the fly blunders in—a reminder that some deceptions are not accidents, but art.