Common collocations with cunning in American Collocation

cunning adjective

US /ˈkʌnɪŋ/

extremely

very

No one realized what he was planning, partly because he was so cunning.

quite

rather

They came up with a rather cunning idea to overpower the naive village dwellers.

ploy

ruse

scheme

strategy

stunt

tactic

trick

I’ve been implementing a cunning plan I had at the beginning of the week.

They had to adopt cunning disguises so that they could pass into enemy territory unnoticed.

folk

rascal

thief

Cunning thieves are thought to be using wireless technology to help them find laptops hidden in the boots of cars.

clever

crafty

devilish

devious

ruthless

sly

If you want to win you just need to be devious and cunning.