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trick

n. (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

trick

n. a period of work or duty

trick

n. an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick"

trick, fast one

n. a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it"

whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick

n. a prostitute's customer

magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception

n. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on

v. deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"

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feat, effort, exploit

n. a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"

stunt

n. a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth

crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer

n. a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan

n. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan

n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam

n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation

n. the act of deceiving

fraud

n. intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

heist, rip-off

n. the act of stealing

maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre

n. a move made to gain a tactical end

ruse, artifice

n. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

intrigue

n. a clandestine love affair

ploy, gambit, stratagem

n. a maneuver in a game or conversation

tactic, tactics, maneuver, manoeuvre

n. a plan for attaining a particular goal

feint

n. any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)

trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan

n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on

n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

fabrication, fiction, fable

n. a deliberately false or improbable account

copy

n. a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor"

juke, fake

n. (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

subterfuge, blind

n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"

juggle, beguile, hoodwink

v. influence by slyness

wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle

v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

entice, lure, tempt

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

flatter, blandish

v. praise somewhat dishonestly

seduce

v. lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor"

make, pretend, make believe

v. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"

outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent

v. beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

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