Trickery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The practice or use of tricks; deception by stratagem.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The practice of tricks or deceits; artifice; imposture.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
  • n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
  • Antonym
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    chicanery   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    artifice    stratagem    fraud    imposture    deception    claptrap    hocus-pocus    pettifogging    alight    hocus   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    hickory    vicary   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    deceit    duplicity    artifice    dishonesty    treachery    knavery    hypocrisy    chicanery    guile    bribery