trick or treat noun

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when children dress up in frightening or strange clothes on Halloween (= 31st October), especially in America and Canada, and visit people's homes to demand sweets or a small amount of money

(Definition of trick or treat noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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trick noun (METHOD)
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