Synonyms

trickery

American

[trik-uh-ree] / ˈtrɪk ə ri /

noun

plural

trickeries

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

trickery British

/ ˈtrɪkərɪ /

noun

the practice or an instance of using tricks

he obtained the money by trickery

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Related Words

See duplicity.

Etymology

Origin of trickery

First recorded in 1790–1800; trick + -ery

Example Sentences

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The old man was spitting and shouting about voodoo trickery, and two women collecting their sausages chimed in with the gardenia man.

From Literature

After gaining one first down, they lined up for a punt on fourth down and tried some of the trickery that had worked so well in recent weeks.

From Los Angeles Times

He caused the La Liga side all kinds of problems with his dribbling and trickery.

From BBC

What links “Amélie” to those movies is that Jeunet is still in love with fantasy and with the trickery that movies are capable of.

From Salon

And he caused the La Liga side all kinds of problems with his dribbling and trickery.

From BBC

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