Wiles - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Wiles
[ 1,,G3180, methodia[-eia] ]denotes craft, deceit" (meta, "after," hodos, "a way"). "a cunning device, a wile," and is translated "wiles (of error)" in Ephesians 4:14, RV [AV paraphrases it, "they lie in wait (to deceive)"], lit., "(with a view to) the craft (singular) of deceit;" in Ephesians 6:11, "the wiles (plural) (of the Devil.)"