trickery

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That's where Bernie went wrong -- his scheming, his trickery was an outrage both because it was illegal and because he preyed on his side of the tracks.

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  1. noun The practice or use of tricks; deception by stratagem.

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  • In my conclusion, it was mostly about trickery or in other words mind games. —  SooNews.ca Headlines
  • In the end all this trickery is fraud not to run America and Americans into bankruptcy even if that is the ultimate outcome. —  India Stocks News and Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • Sullivan died in his sleep in 2006 but his attorney, Gary Edinger, says now that this sort of trickery is the norm for the industry. —  WTOP / Business / Biz Stories
  • Sullivan died in his sleep in 2006, but his attorney, Gary Edinger, says now that this sort of trickery is the norm for the industry. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • In other countries tests are sensitive enough to catch this kind of trickery, and presumably China is upgrading their testing procedures as I type. —  Doug's Darkworld
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deceit ·  duplicity ·  artifice ·  dishonesty ·  treachery ·  knavery ·  hypocrisy ·  chicanery ·  guile ·  bribery ·  misrepresentation ·  fraud
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  1. from trick + -ery. Cf. treachery (Middle English tricherie, from Old French tricherie, etc.).
 

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