legerdemain

noun

1. sleight of hand.
2. trickery; deception.
3. any artful trick.

noun

1. another name for sleight of hand
2. cunning deception or trickery

n.early 15c., “conjuring tricks,” from Middle French léger de main “quick of hand,” literally “light of hand,” from léger “light” in weight (from Latin levis “light;” see lever) + main “hand” (from Latin manus; see manual).