juggleries

Noun

jugglery (countable and uncountable, plural juggleries)

1. (archaic) Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
   • Omens were expounded, dreams were interpreted, and other tricks of jugglery perhaps resorted to, by which the pretended adepts of the period deceived and fascinated their deluded followers.1819, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 31, in The Bride of Lammermoor

   Synonyms:

   prestigiation, sleight of hand, conjuration, conjuring, dweomercraft, hocus-pocus, illusionism, legerdemain, magic, palmistry

2. (broadly) Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.
   • What they call the Great War is over […] and yet what do we see around us? Nothing but strife and juggleries and hatred and contempt and discord wherever you look.1942, Walter de la Mare, “All Hallows”, in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare

   Synonyms:

   legerdemain, sleight of hand, deception, imposition, hype, deceit, dupery, fiddle, fetch, hocus-pocus