trickery (n.)

1719, from trick (v.) + -ery.

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"deceive by trickery," 1590s, from trick (n.). Related: Tricked; tricking. The sense of "to dress, adorn" (c. 1500) is perhaps a different word entirely.

-ery

word-forming element making nouns meaning "place for, art of, condition of, quantity of," from Middle English -erie, from Latin -arius (see -ary). Also sometimes in modern colloquial use "the collectivity of" or "an example of."

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Definitions of trickery

trickery (n.)

verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way;

Synonyms: hocus-pocus / slickness / hanky panky / jiggery-pokery / skulduggery / skullduggery

trickery (n.)

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them);

Synonyms: chicanery / chicane / guile / wile / shenanigan

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