trickery in WordNet English dictionary

1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
   trickery  chicanery  chicane  guile  wile  shenanigan 
   
2. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
   trickery  hocus-pocus  slickness  hanky panky  jiggery-pokery  skulduggery  skullduggery