Deceit, deception, treachery; an act of deception, a trick.

Deceit, fraud; treachery, treason.

Error, delusion; deceit, fraud.

An adroit turn; a trick or subtilty. (Cf. braid, v.1 II.; Old Norse bregðask to change unexpectedly, disappoint, deceive; Old English brægd-boga a…

Fraud, falsehood, treachery. In early use esp. counterfeiting (of coin), forgery. Obsolete.

Deceit, fraud, mockery.

deceitfulness, treachery.

Deceitfulness, guile. In early use also: wickedness; wicked action, crime.

Apparently: cheating, deceit, falsehood.

Deceit.

deception, fraud.

Deceit, cheating, perfidy; violation of faith or betrayal of trust; perfidious conduct.

The quality of being false. Dishonesty, deceit.

Insidious cunning, deceit, treachery.

Deception, sorcery, witchcraft; an instance of this.

= swikedom, n.

Skill or ingenuity used to deceive, mislead, or to secure an unfair advantage. As a mass noun: cunning; deception, guile; trickery. Cf. craftiness, n.…

Guile, deceit, treachery, perfidy. Obsolete.

Without article: Trickery, deceit, guile; fraud.

The action or practice of deceiving; concealment of the truth in order to mislead; deception, fraud, cheating, false dealing.

Mocking deception; deceit. Also: a lie, a falsehood. Frequently (and in earliest use) in without gab: without deception; truly, assuredly. Obsolete.

Deceit; cunning.

Deception, deceit, cheating, trickery.

Cunning, guile; deceit, trickery.

Trickery, deception; = wrench, n.1 2.

cheating, deception.

Deception, falsification, imposture; a forgery, counterfeit. Obsolete or archaic.

Fraud, cunning, trickery; a tendency to trickery or cunning behaviour.

Leading astray, enticement. (Cf. wise, v.1 1.)

Deceit or deceitfulness; craft, cunning, subtlety, guile. Now rare.

Fraud, deception, hypocrisy.

deceit, pretence.

Juggling; deception, trickery.

Deception, trickery, falsehood; deceitfulness; an instance of this; = fallacy, n. 1a 1.

Treachery, guile, deceit, trickery; prevarication.

figurative. Concealment; dissimulation, deceit, covert conduct.

The art of ‘make-believe’, deception.

Falseness, deceit, treachery. Obsolete. rare.

Deceit, falsehood.

Jugglery; trickery, deceit.

Perversion of the truth; deceit, deception; an instance of this. Also: heresy.

The action of making blear; figurative deception.

The action of deceiving or cheating.

Trickery; a trick, contrivance, bribe, etc. Obsolete.

Trickery, fraud.

The action of obtaining or trying to obtain something by fraud; an attempt to do this; spec. (a) Ecclesiastical Law the obtaining of a dispensation…

Deception, guile, trickery; a deception, a trick; a false statement, a lie. Obsolete.

Trickery, deception.

Trickery. Obsolete.

= fallacy, n. (in various senses).

esp. Cunning management or contrivance; underhand dealing, jugglery, sleight of hand. Obsolete.

Skill in deceiving or misleading others in order to achieve one's purpose or benefit oneself; the action or fact of employing this skill; artful…

Guile, deceit, fraud. Obsolete.

Deceit, deception.

Dodging; ‘underhand dealing, trickery’; ‘deceit’ (Jamieson).

Originally and chiefly Scottish. Ingenious or devious management or contrivance; a cunning stratagem or trick. Cf. conveyance, n. 11.

Invention, excogitation; fictitious invention, fiction. Now only poetic. Formerly also with more reproachful sense: †Deception, lying; a…

Deception, trickery. Cf. abet, n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

The action of outreach, v.; an instance of this.

The use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose, esp. a legal, financial, or political purpose; petty quibbling or (esp. legal) trickery.

Deception, falsification, falsehood.

The quality or condition of being false. Untruthfulness, deceitfulness, insincerity.

Cheating, deception.

Guile, cunning.

Chiefly in French contexts, or after French use. Trickery, deception, deceit. Also: an instance of this; a trick, a piece of deception.

Deceit, cheating.

figurative. Trickery, deceit, sleight. Obsolete.

Deception.

Fallaciousness.

Deceiving; deception.

Jugglery, trickery, deception. Obsolete or archaic.

Guile, cunning. Cf. renaldry, n.

The employment of dodges; trickery.

spec. a form of cheating in throwing dice (see quots., and cf. knap, n.2 3).

colloquial or slang. Deceitful practice; trickery; fraud. to understand trap, to know one's own interest; to be up to trap, to be knowing or cunning.

clever trickery, jugglery, legerdemain.

transferred. The playing of tricks likened to those of a juggler; trickery, deception.

An act of deception or trickery; a fraud, a swindle; a ruse. Formerly also: †a deceitful or fraudulent person or thing (obsolete).

Underhand dealings, intrigue. Also figurative.

The practice of tricks; deceitful conduct or practice; deception, artifice; imposture.

As a mass noun: trickery; cunning.

The action or practice of duping; deception, trickery.

Extended uses. colloquial. The action of outwitting or apprehending (a person); an instance of this. Cf. nail, v. 5c 5a. rare.

trickery, cunning; cf. joukery-pawkery n. at joukery, n. compounds.

Jugglery, legerdemain; trickery, double dealing, underhand dealing.

(Cf. hocus-pocus, n. 2) Deception, cheatery, underhand work.

slang. A deception; a disappointing event or result. Also suck-in.

Deception, cheating, trickery; equivocation.

Underhand dealing, roguish intrigue or machination, trickery.

Now in more unfavourable sense: Dishonourable taking of advantage, trickery. Cf. sharp, adj. 3e.

Deceitful or dishonest ‘manipulation’; hocus-pocus, humbug.

colloquial (originally U.S.). Deceit, evasion; behaviour likely to mislead or cause inconvenience, esp. in to give (a person) the (also a) runaround…

= hanky-panky, n.

to give (a person) the go-around: to treat in an evasive or temporizing manner; to evade, avoid; to stall. Cf. go-by, n.1 phrases, runaround, n. 4.

Deceit or trickery by Scandinavians.

the twist: cheating, dishonesty; treachery; also in phrases on, at the twist. Criminals' slang.

(The usual current sense.) Deception, cheating; a confidence trick, a racket, a swindle, a publicity stunt.

Deception; insincere flattery.