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Meanings of trickery in English

Portuguese
artifício
Catalan
parany
Spanish
trampa

Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.

      artifício
      Portuguese
      astúcia
      Catalan
      engalipada
      Spanish
      astucia

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

            astúcia
            Usage of trickery in English
            1
            The result is teasingly brilliant and prefigures some of postmodernism's best trickery.
            The Guardian
            2
            His trickery and pace on the flank caused Motherwell problems all game.
            BBC
            3
            The speed humps and one-way systems added a new layer of trickery.
            The water room
            4
            Beatrice studied the document, and in silence canvassed the possibilities of trickery.
            In the Year of Jubilee
            5
            This makes the cultivation of the love of trickery the more dangerous.
            America, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat
            6
            But in response to questions from WIRED, Bkav denied any such trickery.
            Wired
            7
            It is impossible that there can be any trickery in the matter.
            The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894. / An Illu...
            8
            It might have been part of her trickery; he could not tell.
            A Husband by Proxy
            9
            He was above and beyond all deceit and trickery and personal selfishness.
            Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12: American Leaders
            10
            Thus it seemed to him anything but intelligent to believe in trickery.
            The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 2
            11
            Can it be, despite our recent friendship, you suspect some foul trickery?
            The buried giant
            12
            He had perceived the trickery, the dissimulation and hypocrisy of Roman priestcraft.
            The Master-Christian
            13
            The story of her trickery and her exposure would run through Aix.
            At the Villa Rose
            14
            With nothing to lose, the Jets started the game with some trickery.
            Reuters
            15
            Sony's cameras have just one lens, so some digital trickery is required.
            Wired
            16
            Look at the table too, and satisfy yourselves there is no trickery.
            The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
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