Noun

(en noun)

the act of presuming, or something presumed

* De Quincey

in contradiction to these very plausible presumptions

the belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true

The presumption is that an event has taken place.

the condition upon which something is presumed

(dated) arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect

* Shakespeare

Thy son I killed for his presumption .

* Dryden

I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece.

Noun

(trickeries)

(uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior.

* 1852 , , Bleak House , ch. 1:

In trickery , evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false pretences of all sorts, there are influences that can never come to good.

(uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture.

(uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.

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(countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc.

* 1809 , , Knickerbocker's History of New York , ch. 47:

[H]e did not wrap his rugged subject in silks and ermines, and other sickly trickeries of phrase.

* 1898 , , "See UP" in Stories in Light and Shadow :

The miners found diversions even in his alleged frauds and trickeries . . . and were fond of relating with great gusto his evasion of the Foreign Miners' Tax.