trickery

Your tax savings could justify all the effort, as long as you avoid any trickery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

A real showboater is someone whose very mention elicits warm, fuzzy memories of flamboyant flicks and trickery.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

He that would triumph over the petty trickery of fate must indite history at its source.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

From Time Magazine Archive

You cannot think that I would use any trickeries with you.

From The Watchers A Novel by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

It is man and his fancies, man and his trickeries, man and his inventions,—poor, paltry, weak, self-sighted man,—which the connoisseur forever seeks and worships.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

It was several seconds before the trickeries of nature, in the way of echoes, terminated and matters settled down to their natural quiet.

From The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

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

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