trickery

n 1: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you

in some way [syn: {hocus-pocus}, {slickness}, {hanky

panky}, {jiggery-pokery}, {skulduggery}, {skullduggery}]

2: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract

money from them) [syn: {chicanery}, {guile}, {wile}, {shenanigan}]