trickery

trick·ery

noun \ˈtri-k(ə-)rē\

Definition of TRICKERY

: the practice of crafty underhanded ingenuity to deceive or cheat

Examples of TRICKERY

1. He resorted to trickery to get what he wanted.
2. <Delia resorted to trickery—even loading up the fishing equipment—to induce her dog into the car for his vet appointment.>

First Known Use of TRICKERY

1796

Related to TRICKERY

Synonyms: artifice, chicane, chicanery, gamesmanship, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, wile

Related Words: artfulness, caginess (also cageyness), craftiness, cunning, deviousness, foxiness, oiliness, shadiness, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, sneakiness, treachery, underhandedness, wiliness; crookedness, crookery, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, guile, guilefulness, hypocrisy, insincerity; fakery, humbuggery, imposture, quackery; dirty pool, dirty tricks; design, plotting, scheming, secrecy, stealth

Near Antonyms: artlessness, forthrightness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, sincerity; candidness, candor, directness, openness, plainness, plainspokenness

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See Synonym Discussion at deception

Rhymes with TRICKERY

hickory