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1 trickery
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2 abduct
(to take (someone) away against his will usually by trickery or violence; to kidnap: The president has been abducted.) bortføre; kidnappe* * *(to take (someone) away against his will usually by trickery or violence; to kidnap: The president has been abducted.) bortføre; kidnappe -
3 craft
1) (an art or skill: the craft of wood-carving.) håndværk; kunsthåndværk2) ((plural craft) a boat or ship: sailing craft.) fartøj3) (cunning or trickery: craft and deceit.) list•- crafty- craftily
- craftiness
- craftsman
- craftsmanship* * *1) (an art or skill: the craft of wood-carving.) håndværk; kunsthåndværk2) ((plural craft) a boat or ship: sailing craft.) fartøj3) (cunning or trickery: craft and deceit.) list•- crafty- craftily
- craftiness
- craftsman
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4 device
1) (something made for a purpose, eg a tool or instrument: a device for opening cans.) mekanisme; apparat2) (a plan or system of doing something, sometimes involving trickery: This is a device for avoiding income tax.) plan; strategi* * *1) (something made for a purpose, eg a tool or instrument: a device for opening cans.) mekanisme; apparat2) (a plan or system of doing something, sometimes involving trickery: This is a device for avoiding income tax.) plan; strategi -
5 evade
[i'veid](to escape or avoid by eg trickery or skill.) undslippe; undgå- evasion- evasive
- evasively
- evasiveness* * *[i'veid](to escape or avoid by eg trickery or skill.) undslippe; undgå- evasion- evasive
- evasively
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6 hocus-pocus
[houkəs'poukəs](trickery; words, actions etc which are intended to deceive or mislead (someone): The people were not deceived by the political hocus-pocus of the prospective candidate.) hokuspokus; fup* * *[houkəs'poukəs](trickery; words, actions etc which are intended to deceive or mislead (someone): The people were not deceived by the political hocus-pocus of the prospective candidate.) hokuspokus; fup -
7 trick
[trik] 1. noun1) (something which is done, said etc in order to cheat or deceive someone, and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid: The message was just a trick to get her to leave the room.) trick2) (a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc): The magician performed some clever tricks.) trick2. adjective(intended to deceive or give a certain illusion: trick photography.) trick-- trickery- trickster
- tricky
- trickily
- trickiness
- trick question
- do the trick
- play a trick / tricks on
- a trick of the trade
- trick or treat!* * *[trik] 1. noun1) (something which is done, said etc in order to cheat or deceive someone, and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid: The message was just a trick to get her to leave the room.) trick2) (a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc): The magician performed some clever tricks.) trick2. adjective(intended to deceive or give a certain illusion: trick photography.) trick-- trickery- trickster
- tricky
- trickily
- trickiness
- trick question
- do the trick
- play a trick / tricks on
- a trick of the trade
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8 wangle
['wæŋɡl](to obtain or achieve (something) by trickery: He got us seats for the concert - I don't know how he wangled it.) mingelere* * *['wæŋɡl](to obtain or achieve (something) by trickery: He got us seats for the concert - I don't know how he wangled it.) mingelere
См. также в других словарях:
Trickery — Trick er*y, n. The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trickery — index artifice, collusion, deceit, deception, duplicity, falsification, frame up, fraud, hoax … Law dictionary
trickery — 1800, from TRICK (Cf. trick) + ERY (Cf. ery) … Etymology dictionary
trickery — *deception, double dealing, chicanery, chicane, fraud Analogous words:t *deceit, dissimulation, guile, cunning, duplicity: *imposture, cheat, fraud, sham, fake, humbug, counterfeit … New Dictionary of Synonyms
trickery — [n] deception, joke bait and switch*, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con, deceit, dishonesty, dodge, double cross*, double dealing*, dupery, fast shuffle*, flimflam*, fourberie, fraud, funny business*, guile, hoax, imposture, pretense,… … New thesaurus
trickery — [trik′ər ē] n. pl. trickeries the act or practice of tricking; use of tricks; deception; fraud SYN. DECEPTION … English World dictionary
trickery — [[t]trɪ̱kəri[/t]] N UNCOUNT Trickery is the use of dishonest methods in order to achieve something. They are notorious for resorting to trickery in order to impress their clients … English dictionary
trickery — noun she suspects me of trickery Syn: deception, deceit, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, double dealing, legerdemain, sleight of hand, guile, craftiness, deviousness, subterfuge, skulduggery, chicanery, fraud, fraudulence, swindling; formal… … Thesaurus of popular words
trickery — trick ► NOUN 1) a cunning or skilful act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone. 2) a skilful act performed for entertainment. 3) an illusion: a trick of the light. 4) (before another noun ) intended to mystify or trick: a trick question … English terms dictionary
trickery — noun Date: 1796 the practice of crafty underhanded ingenuity to deceive or cheat Synonyms: see deception … New Collegiate Dictionary
trickery — /trik euh ree/, n., pl. trickeries. 1. the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception. 2. a trick used to deceive. [1790 1800; TRICK + ERY] Syn. 1. See deceit. * * * … Universalium
