trickery

His trickery and creativity was on display throughout against Fulham, along with an impressive work-rate.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

War is filled with flopping, feints and trickery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

Sela was the best; all the added muttering, dancing and trickery was done merely to enhance her reputation, to pull the wool over the eyes of stupid ignorant creatures.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Francis, don't you see that we're not the sort of people, either of us, to put up with the deceits, the trickeries, the lies that the other thing means?

From The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary by Sir Hugh Walpole

When, however, resenting these trickeries, he announced his intention of proceeding at once to Europe, and accepting the Greek service offered to him, a different tone was adopted.

From The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I by H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox) Bourne

In the trickeries and mimicries of court life Bunsen was no adept, and nothing was easier than to outbid him in the price that is paid for royal favors.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

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