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Grammar : Noun

Spell : trik-uh-ree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrɪk ə ri

Definition of trickery

Origin : 1800, from trick (v.) + -ery.

noun deception, joke

Example sentences :

How he had stooped to trickery and had stolen the gold with which to pay for Valhalla.
Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin

It was a very effective finale, but still Amelia suspected no trickery.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Thus it seemed to him anything but intelligent to believe in trickery.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

He became cunning; he had idle time in which to devote himself to thoughts of trickery.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

I am merely pointing out that it left open a way to trickery.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

She shrewdly suspected some "bit of trickery," as she phrased it.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

They were there to best each other by any manner of trickery.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

The use of either instrument, when unaccompanied, leads to every sort of irregularity and trickery.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

The idea was a painful one to him; for if this were so, it was evident that trickery was practiced.
Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

But you forget, Thunder-maker, that your trickery with the snakes helped them to that opinion.
Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

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