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trickery

American  
[trik-uh-ree] / ˈtrɪk ə ri /

noun

plural

trickeries

  1. the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.

  2. a trick used to deceive.

trickery British  
/ ˈtrɪkərɪ /

noun

  1. 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

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