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trickery
noun trick·ery \ˈtri-k(ə-)rē\
: the use of tricks to deceive or cheat someone
Full Definition of TRICKERY
: the practice of crafty underhanded ingenuity to deceive or cheat
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First Known Use of TRICKERY
1796
Related to TRICKERY
- Synonyms
- artifice, chicane, chicanery, gamesmanship, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, wile
Synonym Discussion of TRICKERY
deception, fraud, double-dealing, subterfuge, trickery mean the acts or practices of one who deliberately deceives. deception may or may not imply blameworthiness, since it may suggest cheating or merely tactical resource <magicians are masters of deception>. fraud always implies guilt and often criminality in act or practice <indicted for fraud>. double-dealing suggests treachery or at least action contrary to a professed attitude <a go-between suspected of double-dealing>. subterfuge suggests the adoption of a stratagem or the telling of a lie in order to escape guilt or to gain an end <obtained the papers by subterfuge>. trickery implies ingenious acts intended to dupe or cheat <resorted to trickery to gain their ends>.
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TRICKERY Defined for Kids
trickery
noun trick·ery \ˈtri-kə-rē\
Definition of TRICKERY for Kids
: the use of actions intended to deceive or cheat
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