trickery
trickery · trickeries
обман, шахрайство, ошуканство
обман, уловка, надувательство
Betrügerei
Deception, deceit or underhanded behaviorDeception, deceit or underhanded behavior.
US/ˈtɹɪ.kə.ɹi/
» Trade is the school of trickery.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.
Betrügerei
надува́тельствоnaduvátelʹstvo, уло́вкаulóvka, обма́нobmán
обманobman, ошуканствоošukanstvo, шахрайствоšaxrajstvo
(uncountable)The art of dressing up; imposture, pretense.
(uncountable)Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
More definitions
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Examples
11 sentencesTrade is the school of trickery.
What sort of trickery is this?
What kind of trickery is this?
He got his rival arrested by trickery.
The ones who lack courage, exceed in trickery.
Translations
7 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
underhanded behavior:
Русский
By meaning 1
underhanded behavior:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
underhanded behavior:
Origin
From trick + -ery, first recorded in 1719.From trick + -ery, first recorded in 1719.
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Forms
plural: trickeries| Singular | trickery |
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regular
Synonyms
38 synonymsdeceitC1impositionC2fiddleC1fetchB1listA1misleadB1fraudulenceunderhandednessdeceitfulnessdeceptivenessdissimulationduplicityfraudulencyperfidy
Close in meaning
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them):chicanerychicaneguilewileshenanigan
- verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way:hocus-pocusslicknesshanky pankyjiggery-pokeryskulduggeryskullduggery
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable