legerdemain

Day 9Level 3

lehj-uhr-duh-MAYN

trickery

trickery, deception

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

deception, chicanery

Antonyms:

truthfulness, honesty

Example Sentence:

The god-men is considered to be a fraud who use trickery, legerdemain, conjuring, deceit, and other unfair means of convincing ignorant villagers that they possess miraculous powers.

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