"trickery" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹɪ.kə.ɹi/ [US] Audio: en-us-trickery.ogg [US] Forms: trickeries [plural]
Etymology: trick + -ery, first recorded in 1719. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trick|ery}} trick + -ery, {{m|fro|tricherie}} tricherie Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} trickery (countable and uncountable, plural trickeries)
  1. (uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior. Tags: uncountable Translations (underhanded behavior): μαγγανεία (manganeía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), օյինբազություն (ōyinbazutʿyun) [dialectal] (Armenian), কেরদানী (kerdanī) (Bengali), хитрина (hitrina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), измама (izmama) [feminine] (Bulgarian), engany [masculine] (Catalan), 權謀 (Chinese Mandarin), 权谋 (quánmóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 詭計 (Chinese Mandarin), 诡计 (guǐjì) (Chinese Mandarin), bedriegerij [feminine] (Dutch), hämäys (Finnish), tricherie [feminine] (French), magouillage [masculine] (French), falcatrúa [feminine] (Galician), falcatruada [feminine] (Galician), Betrügerei [feminine] (German), दम (dam) [masculine] (Hindi), fortélyosság (Hungarian), aisiléireacht [feminine] (Irish), bobaireacht [feminine] (Irish), camrasáin [masculine, plural] (Irish), ciolmamúta [masculine] (Irish), cleasaíocht [feminine] (Irish), cúinseacht [feminine] (Irish), draíodóireacht [feminine] (Irish), ealaíontacht [feminine] (Irish), gleacaíocht [feminine] (Irish), imeartas [masculine] (Irish), lúbaireacht [feminine] (Irish), inganno [masculine] (Italian), trappoleria [feminine] (Italian), accalappiamento [masculine] (Italian), accalappiatura [feminine] (Italian), tiro mancino [masculine] (Italian), 細工 (saiku) (Japanese), 기만 (giman) (Korean), stratēgēma [neuter] (Latin), dolus [masculine] (Latin), calumnia [feminine] (Latin), urbānitās [feminine] (Latin), circumventiō [feminine] (Latin), fusk [neuter] (Norwegian), fleard [neuter] (Old English), engin [masculine] (Old French), engignement [masculine] (Old French), tricerie [feminine] (Old French), fraude [feminine] (Portuguese), falcatrua [feminine] (Portuguese), надува́тельство (naduvátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), уло́вка (ulóvka) [feminine] (Russian), обма́н (obmán) [masculine] (Russian), triquiñuela [feminine] (Spanish), superchería (Spanish), trapisonda (Spanish), kuhākäññe (Tocharian B), обман (obman) (Ukrainian), ошуканство (ošukanstvo) (Ukrainian), шахрайство (šaxrajstvo) (Ukrainian), دم (dam) [masculine] (Urdu), twyll [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), dichell [feminine] (Welsh), àgálámàṣà (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-trickery-en-noun-3koluomq Disambiguation of 'underhanded behavior': 54 2 2 42
  2. (uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-trickery-en-noun--ETxbXGo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 46 12 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 5 38 26 31
  3. (uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-trickery-en-noun-IGScBSaa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 46 12 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 5 38 26 31
  4. (countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-trickery-en-noun-BuOTm4fk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 46 12 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 5 38 26 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: deception Derived forms: politrickery Related terms: treachery

Inflected forms

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          "word": "tiro mancino"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "saiku",
          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
          "word": "細工"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "giman",
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          "word": "기만"
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          "word": "stratēgēma"
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          "word": "dolus"
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          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "urbānitās"
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          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "circumventiō"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
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          "word": "fusk"
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          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
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          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
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          "roman": "naduvátelʹstvo",
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          "word": "надува́тельство"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ulóvka",
          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "уло́вка"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obmán",
          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "triquiñuela"
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          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
          "word": "superchería"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "underhanded behavior",
          "word": "trapisonda"
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      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
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        "dialectal"
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      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "কেরদানী"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hitrina",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хитрина"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "измама"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "engany"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "權謀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "quánmóu",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "权谋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "詭計"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǐjì",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "诡计"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bedriegerij"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "hämäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tricherie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "magouillage"
    },
    {
      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "engin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "engignement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tricerie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falcatrúa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falcatruada"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Betrügerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "manganeía",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μαγγανεία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dam",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "दम"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "fortélyosság"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aisiléireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bobaireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "camrasáin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ciolmamúta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cleasaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cúinseacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "draíodóireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ealaíontacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gleacaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imeartas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lúbaireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inganno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trappoleria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "accalappiamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "accalappiatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiro mancino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saiku",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "細工"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "giman",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "기만"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stratēgēma"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dolus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calumnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urbānitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circumventiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fusk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fleard"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fraude"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falcatrua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naduvátelʹstvo",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "надува́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ulóvka",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уло́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obmán",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обма́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "triquiñuela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "superchería"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "trapisonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "kuhākäññe"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obman",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "обман"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ošukanstvo",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "ошуканство"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šaxrajstvo",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "шахрайство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "dam",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "دم"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "twyll"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dichell"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "underhanded behavior",
      "word": "àgálámàṣà"
    }
  ],
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}

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