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Synonyms for Trickery (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way):
hocus-pocus, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, jiggery-pokery

WordNet sense 2 (the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)):
chicanery, guile, shenanigan, wile, chicane


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