deception

conjuration conjuring trick deceit dissembling dissimulation illusion legerdemain magic magic trick misrepresentation thaumaturgy trick

falsehood falsification falsity misrepresentation performance untruth

bill of goods blind bluff card trick cheat cheating chicane chicanery delusion dissembling double-dealing duplicity equivocation evasion exaggeration facade fakery feigning four flush fraudulence guile half-truth hanky panky head game hocus-pocus humbug illusion impersonation imposture indirection jiggery-pokery magnification obscurantism overstatement prestidigitation pretence pretending pretense shenanigan simulation skulduggery skullduggery sleight of hand slickness snake oil snow job subterfuge take-in trickery wile window dressing