trickery
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trickery
- /ˈtɹɪ.kə.ɹi/ US
Where it comes from
From trick + -ery, first recorded in 1719.
noun trickeries
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Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.
[H]e did not wrap his rugged subject in silks and ermines, and other sickly trickeries of phrase.
Similar: fraudulence, underhandedness, deceit, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, dissimulation, duplicity, fraudulency, trickery, perfidy, deception, imposition
- The art of dressing up; imposture, pretense.
- Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems. French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.
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noun underhanded behavior
| Español | triquiñuela, superchería, trapisonda |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 기만 giman |
| 日本語 | 細工 saiku |
| 中文 | 權謀 /权谋 quánmóu, 詭計 /诡计 guǐjì |
| हिन्दी | धोखा dhokhā, झाँसा jhā̃sā |
| Português | fraude, falcatrua |
| Français | tricherie, magouillage |
| Deutsch | Betrügerei |
| Italiano | inganno, trappoleria, accalappiamento, accalappiatura, tiro mancino |
| Русский | надува́тельство naduvátelʹstvo, уло́вка ulóvka, обма́н obmán |
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