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Meaning of trickeration in English:

trickeration

Pronunciation /trɪkəˈreɪʃən/

noun

mass noun informal US

  • (chiefly in African American usage) trickery or deception.

    • ‘they felt the need to resort to cheap trickeration to achieve success’

Origin

1930s from trickery + -ation; earliest use found in the title of a song performed by jazz singer Cab Calloway.