hoodwinkery

noun2

1. •
   (informal) The process or act of hoodwinking; deception, trickery.

   • This actress is a brilliant comedienne, a mistress of the art of insinuation, extremely skilled in the hoodwinkery of gestures of which Duse was the greatest exponent. — 1958
2. •
   (informal, rare) An instance of hoodwinking; a deception or trick.

   • When a conjurer truly enjoys his work, when he radiates that uncounterfeitable pleasure he derives from doing his mysterious hoodwinkeries, no audience in the world can resist him. — 1940