trickery#1 (n)
chicanery (n)
chicane (n)
guile (n)
wile (n)
shenanigan#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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Hypernym deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
Derivationally related form wile → wily
Derivationally related form chicane → chicane
Derivationally related form chicanery → chicane
Derivationally related form trickery → trick
Hyponym fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on; jugglery
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Derivationally related form wily → wile
Hyponym deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
Hypernym fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on; jugglery
Derivationally related form chicane → chicanery
Derivationally related form chicane → chicane
Derivationally related form trick → trickery

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