Shenanigan
Shenanigan noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: the street-corner huckster of pirated DVDs had all sorts of shenanigans to keep the cops off of his tail
Trickery is a synonym for shenanigan. In some cases you can use "Trickery" instead a noun "Shenanigan".
Trickery
Trickery noun - The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- device and shenanigan
- device and trickery
- trick and shenanigan
- trick and trickery
- deception and shenanigan
- deception and trickery
- stratagem and shenanigan
- stratagem and trickery
- ruse and shenanigan
- ruse and trickery
- artifice and shenanigan
- artifice and trickery
- dodge and shenanigan
- dodge and trickery
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