Trickery

/ˈtɹɪ.kə.ɹi/

Synonyms for "trickery" (204 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Noun(15 words)

guile artifice bamboozling beguiling bilking cheats chicane chicaneries chicanery consing cozenage cozening cozens deceit deceitfulness

artartful dodgeartfulness artifice blind bravery camouflage cheat cheating chicane chicanery chiffon clinquant collusion conjuration connivance connivery conspiracy contrivance coup

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covin craft craftinesscute trickdeceit

Verb(1 words)

bamboozles

Strong matches (61)

Noun(18 words)

deceits deceiving deception deceptions deceptiveness deluding devilment devilries devilry deviltries duping finagling flimflam flimflamming fooleries foolery fooling fraudulence

deception decoy delusion design device dishonesty dodge dodgerydouble dealingdouble-cross double-dealing duplicity escamotage evasion evasiveness expedient fakement falderal feint festoon

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festoons fetch finery flippancy folderol foofarawfoul playfraud frill frilliness frilling frillsfrills and furbelowsfrippery frivolity froufrou fuss gaiety gambit game gaudery gilding

Adjective(1 words)

fraudulent act

Related words (102)

gilt gimmick gingerbread grift guile hanky-pankyhocus pocushocus-pocus hokey-pokey imposture intrigue jiggery-pokery jugglery juggling knavery legerdemain levitylittle gamemachination magic

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maneuver merrimentmonkey businessmovemumbo jumbopaste pettifoggery pettifogging pinchbeck playfulness plot ploy prankishness pranksomeness prestidigitation racketred herringroguishness ruse schemesharp practiceshift shiftiness shrewdness skulduggery sleightsleight of handslyness sportiveness stratagem strategy subterfuge supercherie superfluity swindle swindling tactic tinsel trappings trick trickiness trumperyunderhand dealingunderhandedness waggery waggishness wilewily device

Noun(33 words)

gimmickry gullinghanky pankyhoaxing hocus-pocus hoodwinking hoodwinks humbugging insidiousness insincerity jesuitry jiggery-pokery misdirecting misdirection monkeyshine monkeyshines outwitting ploy prank roguery

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ruse sandbagging sham shenanigan skulduggery skullduggery slamming slickness sophistry suckering tricking wile witchery

Verb(1 words)

gypping

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More general

11 entries

behavioral traitcharacter traitdeceit deception dishonesty dissembling dissimulation manipulationmisleading behaviormisrepresentationmoral attribute

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7 entries

deceitfulness feint guile insincerity ploy ruse sham

Collocations

6 entries

academic trickeryeconomic trickerylegal trickerymedia trickerypolitical trickeryunderhanded trickery

Derivations

2 entries

trickiness tricky

Sample sentences

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What sort of trickery do you have in store for me tonight?

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This is Cao Cao's trickery.

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Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery.

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What trickery is this?

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