Trickery

  • 1Trickery — Trick er*y, n. The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2trickery — index artifice, collusion, deceit, deception, duplicity, falsification, frame up, fraud, hoax …

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  • 3trickery — 1800, from TRICK (Cf. trick) + ERY (Cf. ery) …

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  • 4trickery — *deception, double dealing, chicanery, chicane, fraud Analogous words:t *deceit, dissimulation, guile, cunning, duplicity: *imposture, cheat, fraud, sham, fake, humbug, counterfeit …

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  • 5trickery — [n] deception, joke bait and switch*, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con, deceit, dishonesty, dodge, double cross*, double dealing*, dupery, fast shuffle*, flimflam*, fourberie, fraud, funny business*, guile, hoax, imposture, pretense,… …

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  • 6trickery — [trik′ər ē] n. pl. trickeries the act or practice of tricking; use of tricks; deception; fraud SYN. DECEPTION …

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  • 7trickery — [[t]trɪ̱kəri[/t]] N UNCOUNT Trickery is the use of dishonest methods in order to achieve something. They are notorious for resorting to trickery in order to impress their clients …

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  • 8trickery — noun she suspects me of trickery Syn: deception, deceit, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, double dealing, legerdemain, sleight of hand, guile, craftiness, deviousness, subterfuge, skulduggery, chicanery, fraud, fraudulence, swindling; formal… …

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  • 9trickery — trick ► NOUN 1) a cunning or skilful act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone. 2) a skilful act performed for entertainment. 3) an illusion: a trick of the light. 4) (before another noun ) intended to mystify or trick: a trick question …

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  • 10trickery — noun Date: 1796 the practice of crafty underhanded ingenuity to deceive or cheat Synonyms: see deception …

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