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# trickery

noun (trickery — uncountable)

«trickery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Trickery is using tricks to deceive or cheat people, making them believe something false: "He won the game by trickery." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/#m1)
2. Trickery can also mean clever illusions, as in magic shows or special effects, that fool the eye on purpose for fun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and fables, sly characters like the fox or Anansi use trickery; the word often tells the reader someone is dishonest. In online safety lessons, scammers use trickery such as fake messages and spoofed websites. In magic and film, "camera trickery" and "visual trickery" are fun illusions. Phrases: "by trickery", "camera trickery", "a bit of trickery", "trickery and deceit".

### Examples

- The fox got the cheese by trickery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/#x1)
- Scammers use trickery to get people's passwords. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/#x2)
- The magician's trickery amazed the audience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/#x3)
- The film used clever camera trickery to make the giant look huge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/#x4)
- Winning by trickery is not really winning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/#x5)
- Anansi the spider is famous for trickery in West African stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/#x6)
- The ref spotted the player's trickery and gave a yellow card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/#x7)
- But he was on the watch for trickery, and examined it carefully, and saw that it had no power to heal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable: no plural. Related: trick (noun/verb), tricky (hard or sly), trickster (a person who tricks). Close words: deceit, deception, cunning.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «trickery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«trickery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/trickery.html) on Mova free.