All 6 Uses

cunning
in
The Power and the Glory, by Graham Greene by Greene
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The chief said mournfully, 'He must be devilishly cunning if he's been going on for years.'†
Chpt 1.2

cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
The man said in a sick voice of cunning, 'You're right, of course.'†
Chpt 2.1
Behind the sergeant's back the mestizo gave him a cunning and unreassuring wink.†
Chpt 2.3
You needed to be shrewd in this country if you were going to retain any ideals at all and he was cunning in the defence of the good life.†
Chpt 3.1 *
He said — with a feeling of cunning as though he were cheating a greedy prompter inside his own heart — 'Tell the people, Pedro, that I only want one peso for the baptisms ...'†
Chpt 3.1
He said, 'You are so cunning, you people.†
Chpt 3.3

Definitions:

(1) (cunning as in: a cunning thief)
being good at achieving goals through cleverness -- and typically through deception as well (tricking others)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
At one time, cunning was also used as a synonym for cute.