trickery

[ trik-uh-ree ]
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noun,plural trick·er·ies.
  1. the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.

  2. a trick used to deceive.

Origin of trickery

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; trick + -ery

synonym study For trickery

1. See duplicity.

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British Dictionary definitions for trickery

trickery

/ (ˈtrɪkərɪ) /


nounplural -eries
  1. the practice or an instance of using tricks: he obtained the money by trickery

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