jugglery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   trickery or deception, especially by sleight of hand

   He dismissed the accounts as mere financial jugglery.

From 'juggler' + '-y'; 'juggler' from Old French 'jogleor', from Latin 'ioculator' ('jester, joker'), from 'ioculari' ('to jest'), from 'iocus' ('joke').

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