trickery

Apple—in its very Apple way—has also come up with some hardware and software trickery to make up for some shortcomings of the basic design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

The news of Aaron Hickey is not good, so who plays right-back against the speed and blood-curdling trickery of Vini Jr?

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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

“That is the trickery of the witchcraft,” he said.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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

From Time Magazine Archive

When domesticated, its droll trickeries and capability of imitating the human voice and other sounds are well known.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns

He has completely won the confidence of the Princess, despite his obvious trickeries.

From The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play by Charles Goddard

You are, I see, the same, whatever changes time may have made in me; but I have outlived these trickeries.

From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever

And could Hugo have descended to the trickeries of the eleven-pence-halfpenny draper, who proclaimed non-existent bargains to lure the unwary into his shop?

From Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes by Arnold Bennett