Word
hocus-pocus, n.
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
<noun.communication>
hanky panky
hocus-pocus
jiggery-pokery
skulduggery
skullduggery
slickness
trickery
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
trick
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
slick
semantic pointers
hypernym
misrepresentation, deceit, deception