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Deception with a wink — breaking the rules while making you admire the technique.
means The use of clever deception or tricks to fool, cheat, or outwit someone.
from Rooted in 'trick,' which English borrowed around the 1500s from Old French 'trique' or 'tricherie' (deceit, cheating) — itself tied to the verb 'tricher,' meaning to cheat, especially at games. That French verb traces back to Latin 'tricari,' meaning to make difficulties, be evasive, or play shifty — related to 'tricae,' the trifles or tangles that trip someone up. So at its root, trickery has always been about knots: small snares laid to catch someone looking the other way.
- vs lying
- lying hides truth, trickery stages a whole play
- root
- from trick, old french for cunning turn
- social status
- villains do it, foxes and con artists get respected for it
- magic's cousin
- same skillset as illusion, worse PR