trickery

When Healey resigned earlier this month, his allies had claimed that "Treasury trickery" had in effect inflated the money that appeared to be attached to the investment plan.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 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

Hackers will call and play these voices to create an emotionally charged situation where you’re more likely to fall for trickery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

Filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski find an enchanting balance between storybook allure and adult trickery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

But the existing dagger could not be destroyed, and so it promised never to harm another through trickery, or by accident.’”

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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

From Time Magazine Archive

His life was a series of petty intrigues, trickeries, and deceptions.

From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by John Dennis

Although apparently innocent and in accord with the laws and customs of the times, Astor's real estate transactions were inseparably connected with consecutive evasions, trickeries, frauds and violations of law.

From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Myers Gustavus

At first Una had thought him humorless and negligible, but she discovered that it was he who pulled Mr. Truax out of his ruts, his pious trickeries, his cramping economies.

From The Job An American Novel by Sinclair Lewis

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