Usually means: Deception to obscure the truth.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word smoke and mirrors:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. smoke and mirrors: Merriam-Webster
  2. smoke and mirrors: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. smoke and mirrors: Collins English Dictionary
  4. smoke and mirrors: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. smoke and mirrors: Wiktionary
  6. smoke and mirrors: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. smoke and mirrors: Dictionary.com
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  9. Smoke and Mirrors: The Word Detective
  10. smoke-and-mirrors, smoke and mirrors: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Smoke and mirrors: Phrase Finder

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. smoke and mirrors: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. smoke and mirrors: CCI Computer
  3. smoke-and-mirrors, smoke and mirrors: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. smoke-and-mirrors: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. smoke-and-mirrors, smoke and mirrors: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Smoke and Mirrors: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (smoke and mirrors)

noun:  (figurative) A deceptive, fraudulent, or unconvincing explanation or description.

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