noun
-
the practice or an instance of using tricks
he obtained the money by trickery
Related Words
See duplicity.
Etymology
Origin of trickery
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
His coordinators, who have stayed with him across four different schools since 2016, don’t rely on trickery or exotic blitzes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
And he caused the La Liga side all kinds of problems with his dribbling and trickery.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025
“I had to go in there with a little trickery, man.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2025
“There’s a little bit of subterfuge or trickery going on.”
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2025
How could one be sure that it was simply trickery?
From "1984" by George Orwell
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.