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jugglery
1
an entertaining performance or act that involves tossing and catching of props like balls, clubs, or knives
- The circus featured amazing acts of jugglery, with performers keeping flaming torches and chainsaws aloft.
- As a hobby, he spent years refining his skills of jugglery through daily practice of tossing and catching multiple objects.
- Ancient cultures incorporated jugglery into performances as a way to showcase dexterity, rhythm and fearlessness.
2
manipulation of facts strategically for personal advantage
- Through jugglery of legal loopholes and technicalities, the defense attorney was often able to get clients acquitted against strong evidence.
- Some political campaigns resort to jugglery, using misdirection and half-truths to sway public perception in their favor ahead of elections.
- Criminal hackers employ digital jugglery like phishing scams, trojan software, and redirected websites to secretly access private systems and data.