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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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“The castle has contributed so much to the identity of the show. We’d struggle to make the same show without it. It is a gift of a location because you don’t need any TV trickery.”

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“I had to go in there with a little trickery, man.”

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In cases like the House Republican Budget, I would say there's very little magic and trickery behind this one.

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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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