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TRICKERY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TRICKERY?

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Trickery as a Noun
Definitions of "Trickery" as a noun
Synonyms of "Trickery" as a noun (34 Words)
Usage Examples of "Trickery" as a noun
Associations of "Trickery" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Trickery” are: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, wile, hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, deception, deceit, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, double-dealing, legerdemain, sleight of hand, intrigue, deviousness, cunning, craft, craftiness, artfulness, slyness, subterfuge, wiles, fraud, fraudulence, swindling, sophistry, sharp practice, underhandedness

Trickery as a Noun

Definitions of "Trickery" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “trickery” as a noun can have the following definitions:

The practice of deception.
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them.
Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.

Synonyms of "Trickery" as a noun (34 Words)

artfulness	The quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage.
cheating	A deception for profit to yourself.
chicane	The use of deception chicanery. The Austrian s car flew out of control and spun across the chicane.
chicanery	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. Storylines packed with political chicanery.
craft	An aircraft or spaceship. Sailing craft.
craftiness	The quality of being crafty.
cunning	Crafty artfulness (especially in deception. What resources of energy and cunning* it took just to survive.*
deceit	The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth. A series of lies and deceits.
deception	A misleading falsehood. Obtaining property by deception.
deviousness	The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly.
dishonesty	The quality of being dishonest. The dismissal of thirty civil servants for dishonesty* and misconduct.*
double-dealing	Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another.
duplicity	The state of being double. The president was accused of duplicity* in his dealings with Congress.*
fraud	Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. Prosecutions for social security frauds.
fraudulence	A fraudulent or duplicitous representation.
guile	The quality of being crafty. He used all his guile* and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in.*
hanky panky	Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
hocus-pocus	Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
intrigue	A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends. Within the region s borders is a wealth of interest and intrigue.
jiggery-pokery	Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
legerdemain	Skilful use of one’s hands when performing conjuring tricks. A classic piece of management legerdemain.
sharp practice	A long thin sewing needle with a sharp point.
shenanigan	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them.
skulduggery	Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way. A firm that investigates commercial skulduggery.
skullduggery	Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
sleight of hand	Adroitness in using the hands.
slickness	A film of oil or garbage floating on top of water. He could feel the slickness* of the tiller.*
slyness	Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
sophistry	The use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving. Trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry.
subterfuge	Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal. I hated all the subterfuges I hated lying to you.
swindling	The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.
underhandedness	Secretive or dishonest behaviour. He rules with a combination of threats and underhandedness.
wile	Devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants. She didn t employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention.
wiles	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them.

Usage Examples of "Trickery" as a noun

The dealer resorted to trickery.

Associations of "Trickery" (30 Words)

beguile	Help (time) pass pleasantly. They were beguiled into signing a peace treaty.
betrayal	An act of deliberate betrayal. These developments represented a betrayal* of democracy.*
cheating	Not faithful to a spouse or lover.
chicanery	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. Storylines packed with political chicanery.
cozen	Act with artful deceit. He cozened the money out of the old man.
cunning	Marked by skill in deception. Cunning kittens.
deceit	A misleading falsehood. A series of lies and deceits.
deceitful	Guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others. She was a deceitful* scheming little thing.*
deceive	Deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain. He had deceived her with another woman.
deception	A thing that deceives. Obtaining property by deception.
deceptive	Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true. He put the question with deceptive* casualness.*
delude	Be false to; be dishonest with. Too many theorists have deluded the public.
dishonesty	A fraudulent or deceitful act. The dismissal of thirty civil servants for dishonesty* and misconduct.*
dissimulation	The act of deceiving. An attempt at dissimulation.
duplicity	Deceitfulness. The president was accused of duplicity* in his dealings with Congress.*
feint	Any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack. Adam feinted with his right and then swung a left.
fraud	Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. He was convicted of fraud.
fraudulence	The quality of being fraudulent.
guile	Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception. He used all his guile* and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in.*
hoax	Subject to a playful hoax or joke. A hoax* 999 call.*
hoodwink	Conceal one’s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end. Staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn off shotgun.
humbug	A boiled sweet, especially one flavoured with peppermint. Poor Dave is easily humbugged.
manipulation	The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means. Conscious manipulations of oral language.
perfidy	An act of deliberate betrayal. It was an example of his perfidy.
scam	Deprive of by deceit. A guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings.
skulduggery	Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way. A firm that investigates commercial skulduggery.
sly	Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature. A sly* sip of water.*
subterfuge	Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity. He wasn t sick it was just a subterfuge.
wile	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. She didn t employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention.
wily	Marked by skill in deception. A wily* old attorney.*