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Chicanery
/ʃɪˈkeɪ.nər.i/ noun hardThe use of trickery or clever deception to achieve one's goals.
Investors later discovered that the fund's impressive returns were the product of pure financial chicanery.
Memory Trick
Picture someone dodging and weaving with fancy footwork, distracting you while quietly picking your pocket — that scheming trickery is chicanery.