trickery

English Thesaurus

1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation,
definition	:	the act of deceiving (noun.act)

hyponym	:	dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on,
definition	:	something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (noun.act)

hyponym	:	jugglery,
definition	:	artful trickery designed to achieve an end (noun.act)

2. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	deceit, deception, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)

3. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (noun.act)

derivation	:	cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft,
definition	:	defeat someone through trickery or deceit (verb.competition)

derivation	:	flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick,
definition	:	deceive somebody (verb.social)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)

4. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way (noun.communication)

derivation	:	flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick,
definition	:	deceive somebody (verb.social)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)

5. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (noun.act)

derivation	:	cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft,
definition	:	defeat someone through trickery or deceit (verb.competition)

derivation	:	flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick,
definition	:	deceive somebody (verb.social)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)

6. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way (noun.communication)

derivation	:	flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick,
definition	:	deceive somebody (verb.social)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)