trickery
noun/ˈtrɪkəri/
Frequency rank: #13,739 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the use of tricks or deception to achieve something
Example sentence
The magician relied on trickery to make the coin disappear.
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