Sentence:  Meg made many moral rules, and tried to keep them, but what mother was ever proof against the winning wiles, the ingenious evasions, or the tranquil audacity of the miniature men and women who so early show themselves accomplished <WSD>Artful Dodgers</WSD>? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A crafty person who commits minor crimes or behaves in a rather unscrupulous manner.