Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The practice or use of tricks; deception by stratagem.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of tricks or deceits; artifice; imposture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The art of
dressing up ;artifice ;stratagem ;fraud ;imposture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
- noun the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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Examples
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On the way, the spy had fully informed him as to what he called the trickery of Laurence and Michu.
An Historical Mystery Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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The virtual kidnappings are characterized by trickery.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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All in all, this bit of trickery is just a bad idea plain and simple.
Economist’s advice: Tell her it’s expensive and she will like it more | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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The virtual kidnappings are characterized by trickery.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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The virtual kidnappings are characterized by trickery.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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To denigrate any of her wins as being the result of some sort of trickery is to denigrate those, like me, who voted for her believing her to be the best candidate.
Will Republicans cause chaos in Indiana's Democratic primary? 2008
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“What trickery is this?” demanded the priest, rising as his confusion turned to frustration.
A Test Of Faith: Julian Gilmour: Reader Scifi Fiction | SciFi UK Review 2008
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Such trickery is the stock in trade of the crumbling, compensatory elitist, who's profound inner insecurity demands everyone else is duped and screwed to fabricate and sustain the con artists's - inevitably disintegrating - personna as of the cleverest of them all.
Through the Glass Darkly: Newmania 2007
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Neither magic nor trickery is required to produce this take on the traditional Armenian giant cracker.
Lavosh! and... Lindy 2006
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No proxy or server trickery is required. delicious has already said that this functionality will, most likely, have to wrapped in specific widget format, or as Niall wrote, … may be shut down if not used in full Yahoo-constructed blog sidebar badge form.
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