trickery (Meaning)

Wordnet

trickery (n)

verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Webster

trickery (n.)

The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.

trickery Sentence Examples

  1. The magician's trickery left the audience bewildered and questioning reality.
  2. The politician's trickery had deceived the public into believing his false promises.
  3. The con artist's trickery had robbed countless victims of their hard-earned savings.
  4. The spy's trickery had enabled him to infiltrate enemy territory without detection.
  5. The athlete's trickery had given him an unfair advantage over his opponents.
  6. The child's trickery had gotten him out of trouble with his parents.
  7. The salesperson's trickery had been so convincing that the customer had purchased a product they didn't need.
  8. The hacker's trickery had compromised the government's confidential data.
  9. The thief's trickery had allowed him to escape with the stolen loot without being caught.
  10. The trickery of the cult had brainwashed its followers into believing the leader was infallible.

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The magician's trickery left the audience bewildered and questioning reality.

The politician's trickery had deceived the public into believing his false promises.

The con artist's trickery had robbed countless victims of their hard-earned savings.

The spy's trickery had enabled him to infiltrate enemy territory without detection.