trickery

Following the announcement of the defence investment plan, he condemned what he called "Treasury trickery" and the lack of clarity on what new money the Ministry of Defence would get.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

He appears to have dedicated much of his time there to putting out videos and written posts about demons and their trickery.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

Mr. Lanchester is a magnetic writer who combines the skills of a social realist with this penchant for Nabokovian black humor and narrative trickery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

The final shots, of Robert flying in an airplane for the first time, were captured with practical trickery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

In order to prevent any preplanned trickery, the committee changed the Thursday afternoon location to the Post home.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

But trickeries of some sort existed on all the popular TV quizzes, not just Twenty-One.

From Time Magazine Archive

With every year of her growth this principle of attention to outside trickeries and fineries is more rigidly pursued.

From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Lucia Gilbert Calhoun

When domesticated, its droll trickeries and capability of imitating the human voice and other sounds are well known.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns

After this Jacob served for Rachel also, and then the remainder of the chapter of Jacob's servitude to Laban is but the recital of a series of frauds and trickeries.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Charles Bradlaugh

But, however old, however hardened by the trickeries of passing decades, those who have loved Paris, those to whom Paris has lifted her lips in youth, these never say good-bye to her.

From Europe After 8:15 by Thomas H. Benton