n., pl., -ies.
The practice or use of tricks; deception by stratagem.
trickery
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noun
- Lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action: chicanery, craft, craftiness, deviousness, dishonesty, indirection, shadiness, shiftiness, slyness, sneakiness, trickiness, underhandedness. See honest/dishonest.
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Synonyms: hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery
Meaning #2:
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Synonyms: chicanery, guile, wile, shenanigan
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