You robbed my father of his throne and set your puppet there instead. By trickery my father was robbed of his lawful inheritance. By trickery I was compelled to regain it. However, I do not wish to make an enemy of you, Monseigneur. I have here two letters. They come from Rome. In one is your recall, in the other a cardinal's hat. Which do you prefer?"
"Surely not the cardinal's hat," said the prelate.英文原著 · 《The Puppet Crown》
"You will be my witness before heaven now that I need a firman to obtain this little grace of her," said the Marquis, addressing Mme. de Wimphen. "This is how this wife of mine understands love. She has brought me to this pass, by what trickery I am at a loss to know. A pleasant time to you!" and he went.英文原著 · 《A Woman of Thirty》
Stockmann. And do you suppose that I will have anything to do with such a piece of trickery as that?英文原著 · 《An Enemy of the People》
In politics, naught but quantity counts. In proportion to its increase, however, principles, ideals, justice, and uprightness are completely swamped by the array of numbers. In the struggle for supremacy the various political parties outdo each other in trickery, deceit, cunning, and shady machinations, confident that the one who succeeds is sure to be hailed by the majority as the victor. That is the only god,--Success. As to what expense, what terrible cost to character, is of no moment. We have not far to go in search of proof to verify this sad fact.英文原著 · 《Anarchism and Other Essays》
Morally he was cleaner than most young fellows of his age. He hated trickery, he reverenced all good women; the bad ones he pitied because he believed that they sorrowed secretly because they were not good, because they had missed somehow their real purpose in life, which was to be wife and mother. He had, in fact grown up clean and true to type. He was Buddy, grown to be Bud.英文原著 · 《Cow-Country》
However, the veil which concealed the truth was becoming more and more transparent every day. Three bankruptcies had diminished the consideration he enjoyed, and people began to listen to complaints and accusations which till now had been considered mere inventions designed to injure him. Another attempt at trickery made him feel it desirable to leave the neighbourhood.英文原著 · 《Derues》
Not what I was gonna say. What I was gonna say, is with all his conniving and trickery, - I still love Carlos. - Yeah, he's hot.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
They said it was "borderline kidnapping," that they found my trickery "devilish." It's like, when did Catholics become so judgmental?美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Oh, that is some mastermind trickery going on there.美剧 · 《Shameless》