Translation

手際よいごまかし / 手品の技巧 / 巧妙な策略

Meaning

Sleight means skillful trickery or dexterity, especially the quick hand movements used by magicians. It is most common in the phrase sleight of hand. The trap is spelling it slight, which is a different word meaning small or an insult.

Examples

• その手品師は巧みな手さばきでカードを消しました。
  The magician made the card disappear by sleight of hand.
• 彼女の説明は、事実を動かす巧妙なごまかしのように感じられました。
  Her explanation felt like a sleight that shifted the facts.