definition of
trickery

[1] #1 trickery n. [hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery] verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way. wn

[2] #2 trickery n. [chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan] the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them). wn