trickerytrick‧e‧ry /ˈtrɪkəri/ noun [uncountable] 
- He's managed to get as far as he has through slick talking and trickery.
- It was a piece of political trickery that enraged the opposition.
- But in a multicurrency society, the citizens could hedge away from such trickery.
- Furthermore, the excuses he makes smack of the old trickery.
- She suspected trickery and stood her ground.
- So implausible, so achingly out of touch are they, no amount of Toytown trickery can disguise their ancient irrelevance.
- So they sent Odysseus, the master of crafty cunning, to get them by trickery.
- Their style was seen as outdated, anachronistic, full of superficial trickery.
when someone tricks or deceives someone► deception the act of deceiving someone, especially by telling them lies: · I'm sure many businessmen use some form of deception, at times, to achieve their objectives.· She was stunned by the lies and deception her husband had used to hide his affairs.
► deceit the act of deceiving someone - use this to show strong disapproval: · His political opponents have accused him of corruption and deceit.· He now found himself in a world where deceit was accepted, even expected.
► set up a situation in which someone is tricked into doing something that results in them being punished: · Is this some kind of a set up? Why should I believe you?· The whole thing was a set up to get Burley to confess.
► trickery especially written the use of clever plans or actions to deceive someone: · It was a piece of political trickery that enraged the opposition.· He's managed to get as far as he has through slick talking and trickery.
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