trickery

noun

Etymology: From trick + -ery, first recorded in 1719.

1. Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.

   “[H]e did not wrap his rugged subject in silks and ermines, and other sickly trickeries of phrase.”

   “In trickery, evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false pretences of all sorts, there are influences that can never come to good.”

2. The art of dressing up; imposture, pretense.
3. Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.

   “French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.”