trickery

🇬🇧 UK/'trikәri/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

The use of deception, cunning, or dishonest methods to achieve something

欺骗,诡计,欺诈手段

🧩 Root Breakdown

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Common Collocations

  • 1.resort to trickery诉诸欺骗手段
  • 2.financial trickery金融欺诈
  • 3.[political trickery]政治诡计
  • 4.expose trickery揭露欺骗行为

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The company won the contract through trickery rather than genuine merit.

  • 2.

    She saw through his trickery and refused to sign the suspicious document.

  • 3.

    The investigation revealed widespread trickery in the financial reporting process.

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