Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Sleight of hand; trickery; deception. 2. (n.) Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JUGGLERY jug'-ler-i goetia: The word occurs once in 2 Maccabees 12:24 the Revised Version margin (the King James Version "craft," the Revised Version (British and American) "crafty guile").