Associations to the word «Trickery»

Wiktionary

TRICKERY, noun. (uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior.
TRICKERY, noun. (uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture.
TRICKERY, noun. (uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
TRICKERY, noun. (countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc.

Dictionary definition

TRICKERY, noun. Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
TRICKERY, noun. The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn