HyperDic: trickery

English > 2 senses of the word trickery:
NOUNcommunicationtrickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggeryverbal / verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
acttrickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenaniganthe use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
trickery > pronunciation
Soundstrih'keriy
Rhymesaccessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy...
English > trickery: 2 senses > noun 1, communication
Meaningverbal / verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
Synonymshocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery
Broadermisrepresentation, deceit, deceptionA misleading falsehood
Spanishcachondeo, mistificación, tejemaneje, trampa, trapicheo
Catalanenredada, mistificació, parany, trampa
Verbstrickdeceive somebody
English > trickery: 2 senses > noun 2, act
MeaningThe use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
Synonymschicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
Narrowerfraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-onSomething intended to deceive
juggleryartful trickery designed to achieve an end
Broaderdeception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulationThe act of deceiving / deceiving
Spanishardid, argucia, arte, artería, astucia, embaucamiento, engaño, estratagema, farfolla, fullería, picaresca, sofisma, treta
Catalanardit, arteria, art, astúcia, engalipada, estratagema, farfolla, sofisma
Verbstrickdeceive somebody

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