Word familynountricktrickerytrickstertrickertrickinesstrickingtrickishnesstricksinesstricksteringadjectivetrickytricktrickishtricklesstricksometricksyverbtrickadverbtrickilytrickishlytricksily
TRICK/DECEIVECHEATthe use of tricks to deceive or cheat people 耍花招,欺骗,哄骗
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trickery• He's managed to get as far as he has through slick talking and trickery.• So they sent Odysseus, the master of craftycunning, to get them by trickery.• Furthermore, the excuses he makes smack of the old trickery.• It was a piece of political trickery that enraged the opposition.• But in a multicurrency society, the citizens could hedge away from such trickery.• Their style was seen as outdated, anachronistic, full of superficialtrickery.• She suspectedtrickery and stood her ground.• So implausible, so achingly out of touch are they, no amount of Toytown trickery can disguise their ancientirrelevance.