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1 trickery
noun (the act of deceiving or cheating: She could not stand his trickery.) goljufija* * *[tríkəri]nounsleparija, lokavščina, prevara, goljufija, zvijača, lopovščina, varanje -
2 abduct
(to take (someone) away against his will usually by trickery or violence; to kidnap: The president has been abducted.) ugrabiti* * *[æbdʌkt]transitive verbodvleči, ugrabiti, nasilno odpeljati; anatomy iztegniti -
3 craft
1) (an art or skill: the craft of wood-carving.) spretnost2) ((plural craft) a boat or ship: sailing craft.) ladja3) (cunning or trickery: craft and deceit.) zvijača•- crafty- craftily
- craftiness
- craftsman
- craftsmanship* * *[kra:ft], American [kræft]nounspretnost, ročnost; zvijača; obrt, rokodelstvo, umetna obrt; ceh; orodje za ribolov; ladja, ladjevje, letalo, splav -
4 device
1) (something made for a purpose, eg a tool or instrument: a device for opening cans.) naprava2) (a plan or system of doing something, sometimes involving trickery: This is a device for avoiding income tax.) sredstvo* * *[diváis]nounnačrt; naprava, priprava, mehanizem, sredstvo; geslo; izum; ročnost, trik, zvijača; alegorična predstavitev -
5 evade
[i'veid](to escape or avoid by eg trickery or skill.) izogniti se- evasion- evasive
- evasively
- evasiveness* * *[ivéid]transitive verbuiti, uhajati; izogniti, izmuzniti se, pobegniti; izvijati, izgovarjati se; izigravati (zakon) -
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* * *[hóukəspóukəs]1.nounzvijača, prevara, sleparija;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbpotegniti koga, slepariti -
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.) zvijača2) (a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc): The magician performed some clever tricks.) trik2. adjective(intended to deceive or give a certain illusion: trick photography.) zavajajoč- trickery- trickster
- tricky
- trickily
- trickiness
- trick question
- do the trick
- play a trick / tricks on
- a trick of the trade
- trick or treat!* * *I [trik]nountrik, ukana, (vojna) zvijača, lokavščina, izvijanje; spletka; šala, burka, norija; veščina, mojstrstvo; videz, slepilo, iluzija; razvada; posebnost, značilnost; vzetek (pri kartanju); nautical služba pri krmilu (večinoma 2 uri)the whole bag of tricks — vreča (kup, koš) zvijačnone of your tricks with me! — tvoji triki pri meni ne vžgejo!to be up to a trick or two — znajti se, znati si (hitro) pomagatito be up to s.o.'s tricks — spregledati zvijače (trike) kake osebe, biti kos zvijačam kake osebeI was up to his tricks — nisem se mu dal oslepariti, nisem mu nasedelto do (to turn) the trick slang doseči cilj; izvesti ukanohe has a trick of frowning — ima to razvado, da mršči čelohe played me a dirty (nasty, mean) trick — grdo (podlo) mi jo je zagodelII [trik]transitive verbprevarati; prelisičiti, oslepariti, ogoljufati; zapeljati, zavesti ( into doing (koga) da kaj naredi); pretentati; zvabiti v past; za norca imeti, za nos vleči, zagosti jo (komu); intransitive verb goljufati, slepariti, živeti od goljufijeto trick s.o. out of s.th. — opehariti, oslepariti koga za kajto trick off (out, up) — okrasiti, nakititi; prirezati, pristriči -
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.) izvesti z zvijačo* * *[wæŋgl]1.transitive verb colloquiallyizpeljati, doseči (kaj) pod roko, z zvijačo; ponarediti, (goljufivo) "popraviti";2.intransitive verbizvesti z zvijačo, goljufati, slepariti, znajti se, znati si pomagatito wangle s.o. into giving a party — pripraviti koga do tega, da priredi zabavo
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