trickery

[trik-uh-ree]

noun

plural

trickeries 

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trickery¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; trick + -ery

Synonym Study

See duplicity.

Example Sentences

He caused the La Liga side all kinds of problems with his dribbling and trickery.

From BBC

What links “Amélie” to those movies is that Jeunet is still in love with fantasy and with the trickery that movies are capable of.

From Salon

And he caused the La Liga side all kinds of problems with his dribbling and trickery.

From BBC

In the Carlson interview, Kennedy dismissed the many studies and scientific consensus that shots don’t cause autism as nothing more than statistical trickery.

From Salon

Indeed, in the 1950s, a magician from New York named John Mulholland was secretly contracted with the agency to write a manual for Cold War spies on trickery and deception.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• chicanery 
• deceit 
• dishonesty 
• razzle-dazzle 
• scam 
• shell game 
• stunt