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trickery

[ trik-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural trick·er·ies.
  1. the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
  2. a trick used to deceive.


trickery

/ ˈtrɪkərɪ /

noun

  1. the practice or an instance of using tricks

    he obtained the money by trickery



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Word History and Origins

Origin of trickery1

First recorded in 1790–1800; trick + -ery

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Example Sentences

Not too long ago, such deepfake voices had something of a lousy reputation for their use in scam calls and internet trickery.

Whether this level of trickery will help Freeman identify bee snatchers will be revealed during the next few pollinating seasons, but an early trial convinced him that the stuff works.

Computer trickery has been used to fake this kind of thing for years, but deepfakes make it easier and cheaper than ever, and this year of remote everything has given the tech a boost.

It’s sometimes tempting to dismiss studies like the new Danish one as mere trickery, or to dismiss the poor results of the negative-information group as a moral failing.

Companies may run short of cash or may be unable to meet Wall Street’s expectations, so they resort to trickery.

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Chinatown, for instance, is a kind of smart trickery that is rewarding.

But in Nymphomaniac, the effect was achieved through CGI trickery.

But did Copperfield employ a bit of trickery to purchase Musha Cay in the first place?

In addition to the Simon trickery, were there any other fun moments with the cast?

But almost always, they signify mystery—and even a bit of trickery.

The imposture was discovered, and the poor girl confessed to the wicked trickery which her parents had taught her to practise!

It may be rude to say that all this was all a trick, but pardonable, perhaps, to say it looks very like trickery.

As true innocence charms, so the trickery of pretended innocence disgusts and displeases.

Fearing some trickery, the old man, instead of answering, replied that he wished to go and see the scaffold.

I shall experience all the degradation of a slave, but I will also practise a slave's perfidy and trickery.

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