trickeries
Acts of deceit
Trickeries is the plural of trickery—acts of deception or cunning designed to mislead.
The word emphasizes repeated or varied instances of deceit: The con artist's trickeries eventually caught up with him.
It appears less frequently than the singular, which often serves as an uncountable noun covering deceptive behavior generally.
Intentional public deceptions
- fraudsDeceptive acts or impostors
- swindlesDeceptive theft schemes
- consDownsides or inmates
- scamsDishonest money-making schemes
shams · deceits · dupes · ruses · subterfuges · fabrications · impostures · pretenses
Sly, strategic dishonesty
- wilesDeceptive stratagems
- craftinessShrewd, devious cleverness
- slynessCunning in manner
- wilinessShrewd deceptive cleverness
foxiness · artfulness · shrewdness · astuteness · caginess · deviousness · subtlety · cleverness
Secret plans or storylines
- intriguesPlots or fascinates
- conspiraciesSecret unlawful plans
- machinationsCrafty scheming toward goals
- stratagemsCrafty plans for advantage
gambits · ploys · maneuvers · manipulations · contrivances · artifices · collusions · cabals
Skillful manual deception
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- legerdemainSkillful hand-based deception
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
- misdirectionsActs of guiding wrongly
smoke and mirrors · disappearing acts · optical illusions · stage magic · hocus-pocus · abracadabra
hoaxes
Intentional public deceptions
scams · shams · deceits · dupes · ruses · subterfuges · fabrications · impostures · pretenses · counterfeits
guile
Sly, strategic dishonesty
- wilesDeceptive stratagems
- craftinessShrewd, devious cleverness
- slynessCunning in manner
wiliness · foxiness · artfulness · shrewdness · astuteness · caginess · deviousness · subtlety · cleverness · duplicity
plots
Secret plans or storylines
- intriguesPlots or fascinates
- conspiraciesSecret unlawful plans
- machinationsCrafty scheming toward goals
stratagems · gambits · ploys · maneuvers · manipulations · contrivances · artifices · collusions · cabals · connivances
sleight of hand
Skillful manual deception
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- legerdemainSkillful hand-based deception
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
misdirections · smoke and mirrors · disappearing acts · optical illusions · stage magic · hocus-pocus · abracadabra
trickerieshonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
candor · truthfulness · sincerity · forthrightness · frankness
trickeriesstraightforwardness
Quality of being direct
directness · plainness · simplicity · artlessness · guilelessness
trickeriesstraightforwardness
Quality of being direct
directness · plainness · simplicity · fair play · square dealing
trick, tricky, tricks, trickery, tricked, trickster, tricking