jugglery

1. (now rare) Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.Examples: "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."; "[T]he vessel swarmed with the most hideous apparitions. […] But Huldbrand was indignant at such unsightly jugglery [translating Gaukeleien]."archaiccountableuncountable

2. (by extension) Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.Examples: "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."broadlycountableuncountable