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trickery

[trik-uh-ree]

noun, plural -er·ies.

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

a trick used to deceive.

Origin:
1790–1800; trick + -ery

Synonyms
1. See deceit.

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trickery (ˈtrɪkərɪ)

—n , pl -eries
	the practice or an instance of using tricks: he obtained the money by trickery

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