trickery

[ trik-uh-ree ]

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noun,plural trick·er·ies.

the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
a trick used to deceive.

Origin of trickery

First recorded in 1790–1800; trick + -ery

synonym study For trickery

1. See duplicity.

Words Nearby trickery

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How to use trickery in a sentence

Not too long ago, such deepfake voices had something of a lousy reputation for their use in scam calls and internet trickery.
AI voice actors sound more human than ever—and they’re ready to hire | Karen Hao | July 9, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
Whether this level of trickery will help Freeman identify bee snatchers will be revealed during the next few pollinating seasons, but an early trial convinced him that the stuff works.
Bee theft is almost a perfect crime—but there’s a new sheriff in town | Andrew Zaleski | February 9, 2021 | Popular-Science
Computer trickery has been used to fake this kind of thing for years, but deepfakes make it easier and cheaper than ever, and this year of remote everything has given the tech a boost.
The year deepfakes went mainstream | Karen Hao | December 24, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
It’s sometimes tempting to dismiss studies like the new Danish one as mere trickery, or to dismiss the poor results of the negative-information group as a moral failing.
Exercise Blocks Pain, But Only For Believers | Alex Hutchinson | December 9, 2020 | Outside Online
Companies may run short of cash or may be unable to meet Wall Street’s expectations, so they resort to trickery.
The pandemic may be the greatest environment for business fraud in decades | Geoffrey Colvin | November 12, 2020 | Fortune

Chinatown, for instance, is a kind of smart trickery that is rewarding.
How ‘True Detective’ Will End | Andrew Romano | March 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But in Nymphomaniac, the effect was achieved through CGI trickery.
‘Nymphomaniac,’ Lars von Trier’s Icy Orgy of Sex and Self-Loathing, Bows At Sundance | Marlow Stern | January 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But did Copperfield employ a bit of trickery to purchase Musha Cay in the first place?
David Copperfield’s Magical—and Utterly Bizarre—Caribbean Island | Nina Strochlic | November 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
In addition to the Simon trickery, were there any other fun moments with the cast?
Alice Eve, the Beautiful New Trekkie, Talks ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ | Marlow Stern | May 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But almost always, they signify mystery—and even a bit of trickery.
On St. Patrick’s Day, Beware Those Sly Green Eyes | Laura Dimon | March 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The imposture was discovered, and the poor girl confessed to the wicked trickery which her parents had taught her to practise!
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts | George Cruikshank
It may be rude to say that all this was all a trick, but pardonable, perhaps, to say it looks very like trickery.
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts | George Cruikshank
As true innocence charms, so the trickery of pretended innocence disgusts and displeases.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
Fearing some trickery, the old man, instead of answering, replied that he wished to go and see the scaffold.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac
I shall experience all the degradation of a slave, but I will also practise a slave's perfidy and trickery.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne Sue

British Dictionary definitions for trickery

trickery

/ (ˈtrɪkərɪ) /

nounplural -eries

the practice or an instance of using tricks: he obtained the money by trickery

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