trick

/trɪk/ v [T] (DECEIVE)

Definition

› to make someone believe something that is not true, or to persuade someone to do something based on a false understanding of the facts: She tricked me into telling her what I was up to.

(Definition of trick v (DECEIVE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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tribute n GOOD EFFECT
tribute n SHOW OF RESPECT
trick adj WEAK
trick n ACT OF DECEIVING
trick n METHOD
trick v DECEIVE
trickery n
trickle n
trickle v
tricks of the trade idiom
tricky adj DECEIVING

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trick n ACT OF DECEIVING
trick n METHOD
trick adj WEAK
tricks of the trade idiom
trick or treat, at trick n ACT OF DECEIVING
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