trickery
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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
He caused the La Liga side all kinds of problems with his dribbling and trickery.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025
Because it’s not just the EU trade commissioner complaining about trickery.,
From Slate • Jul. 14, 2025
Indeed, in the 1950s, a magician from New York named John Mulholland was secretly contracted with the agency to write a manual for Cold War spies on trickery and deception.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2025
So they sent Odysseus, the master of crafty cunning, to get them by trickery.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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