NOUN | communication | trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery | verbal / verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way |
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act | trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
Sounds | trih'keriy | |
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Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... |
Meaning | verbal / verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way. | |
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Synonyms | hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery | |
Broader | misrepresentation, deceit, deception | A misleading falsehood |
Spanish | cachondeo, mistificación, tejemaneje, trampa, trapicheo | |
Catalan | enredada, mistificació, parany, trampa | |
Verbs | trick | deceive somebody |
Meaning | The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them). | |
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Synonyms | chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan | |
Narrower | fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on | Something intended to deceive |
jugglery | artful trickery designed to achieve an end | |
Broader | deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation | The act of deceiving / deceiving |
Spanish | ardid, argucia, arte, artería, astucia, embaucamiento, engaño, estratagema, farfolla, fullería, picaresca, sofisma, treta | |
Catalan | ardit, arteria, art, astúcia, engalipada, estratagema, farfolla, sofisma | |
Verbs | trick | deceive somebody |
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