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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

/ ˈٰɪəɪ /

noun

  1. the practice or an instance of using tricks

    he obtained the money by trickery

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of trickery1

First recorded in 1790–1800; trick + -ery
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Astounding transformations, in which one character takes on the appearance of another, will leave you wondering how the trickery was pulled off.

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Lovely bit of trickery to create the first goal with a deflected cross that goes in.

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The junior put the Kares on his back and ran for 221 yards and four touchdowns, weaving and fighting for every yard and even while using trickery for his first score.

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“And that gave law enforcement the ability to do some trickery of their own.”

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There's something about the chorus Sir Bob and Midge Ure wrote in 1984 that captures a spirit of hope in humanity that no amount of production trickery can erase.

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