trickery

Following the announcement of the defence investment plan, he condemned what he called "Treasury trickery" and the lack of clarity on what new money the Ministry of Defence would get.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

He appears to have dedicated much of his time there to putting out videos and written posts about demons and their trickery.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

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

Filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski find an enchanting balance between storybook allure and adult trickery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

Eventually Captain Candless gave the word and they started shunting toward the coast, running closer to where they would attempt their trickery.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

But trickeries of some sort existed on all the popular TV quizzes, not just Twenty-One.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was several seconds before the trickeries of nature, in the way of echoes, terminated and matters settled down to their natural quiet.

From The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne by Edward Sylvester Ellis

The prisoner referred him to "a booke written in the old Saxon toong by one Sir John Malborne, a divine of Oxenford, three hundred yeares past," in which all these trickeries are cleared up.

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein

The trickeries of the hustings were distasteful to him.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger

He had a profound respect for his profession, and scorned its trickeries.

From Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by James Dabney McCabe