escamotage

[e-ska-muh-tahj, -tahzh] / ɛˌskæ məˈtɑdʒ, -ˈtɑʒ /

NOUN

dirty pool

Synonyms

WEAK

conjuration dirty game dirty politics dirty tricks dirty work foul play jugglery legerdemain mudslinging prestidigitation sleight of hand smoke and mirrors trickery

NOUN

sleight of hand

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chicanery deception trickery

WEAK

conjuration deceit double-dealing hocus-pocus legerdemain magic prestidigitation smoke and mirrors

Antonyms

STRONGEST

honesty truthfulness

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He interrupted himself: “You know escamoter in English? I don’t know what is the word. Escamoter: to make the event disappear, in a way. Escamotage, O.K.? Escamotage.”

From The New Yorker

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