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单词 trick
释义
trick1 nountrick2 verbtrick3 adjective
tricktrick1 /trɪk/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] Entry menu
MENU FOR tricktrick1 something that deceives somebody2 joke3 something that makes things appear different4 a dirty/rotten/mean trick5 do the trick6 magic7 clever method8 use/try every trick in the book9 teach/show somebody a trick or two10 somebody is up to their (old) tricks11 cards12 habit13 never miss a trick14 how’s tricks?15 sex
Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtrick1
Origin:
1400-1500 Old North French trique, from trikier ‘to deceive, cheat’, from Old French trichier
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Don't send her any money - it might be a trick.
  • For my final trick, I will make this elephant disappear.
  • He pretended to be sick as a trick to get her to visit him.
  • He refused to answer, suspecting they were asking him a trick question.
  • Helen sat on the bed, clapping while her brother did magic tricks.
  • In college, I learned a trick to remember names.
  • It's hard to do a trick like this in front of so many people.
  • John would sometimes perform card tricks for his buddies.
  • The pregnancy was just a trick to get him to marry her.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But he was a trick, Chesarynth, and I am not.
  • If your problems are straight forward, this low-cost solution may do the trick.
  • It was a trick that always made her family roar with laughter.
  • It was no teaching or learning of a special trick of composition.
  • She didn't somehow think a stitch cutter would do the trick quite so well!
  • She hoped he would give up this trick as he grew older.
  • The trick is to make representatives more responsible or to put in place automatic restraints on spending.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto trick someone and make them believe something that is not true
to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something: · I realized then that I had been tricked, but it was too late.· I'm not trying to trick you - just answer the question.trick somebody into doing something: · The old man's sons had tricked him into signing the papers.trick somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them): · A man posing as an insurance agent tricked her out of thousands of dollars.
informal to trick someone: · He was trying to con me, and I knew it.con somebody into doing something: · They conned the school district into buying the property.con somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them): · She conned me out of $50.
especially written to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true because it is useful for you if they believe it: · This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.· Many children's lies are unplanned and not actually designed to deceive.· All through the summer Paula was deceiving her husband while she was seeing another man.deceive somebody into doing something: · Thousands of home buyers were deceived into buying homes at inflated prices.deceive yourself: · If you think that everyone is happy with the plan, you're deceiving yourself.
to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick: · His hairpiece doesn't fool anyone.fool somebody into doing something: · They managed to fool the police into thinking they had left the country.have somebody fooled: · The brothers' act had us all fooled.you can't fool me spoken: · You can't fool me - I know he's already given you the money.fool yourself: · Maybe I was just fooling myself, but I really thought he liked me.
to make people believe something that is not true, by deliberately not giving them all the facts, or by saying something that is only partly true: · The report is a deliberate and obvious attempt to mislead.· They were accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of their product.mislead somebody into doing something: · Agents are accused of misleading clients into signing up for savings plans that were actually insurance policies.
to trick someone into doing something that they will be punished for or embarrassed by: · He said, following his arrest last fall, that the FBI had set him up.· Terry and Donald think I set them up, but it's all a big misunderstanding.
informal to deceive someone, especially someone who is cleverer than you are, or someone who is not easily deceived: · That's the last time he puts one over on me!· Lawyers claim that the tobacco industry, by failing to tell everything it knew about smoking, was putting one over on its customers.
informal to deceive someone, usually by hiding some facts or information: · Don't try and pull the wool over my eyes - I can tell you've been smoking.· The politicians are just trying to pull the wool over voters' eyes again.
to make someone believe you and trust you, especially by making them think you are romantically interested in them: · I can't tell if he really cares about me or if he's just leading me on?· I didn't mean to lead Cassie on, but I didn't want to hurt her feelings either.
informal to deceive someone, especially so that you can get their money: · I'd already given him £50 when I realized he was taking me for a ride.· After the deal was signed, I felt like I'd been taken for a ride.
to cheat someone you pretended to be helping or working with, especially by helping their enemies: · I'm warning you - if you double-cross me, I'll kill you.· Harry and Danny double-crossed the gang and escaped with all the money.
informal to trick or deceive someone, especially so that they become involved in someone else's dishonest activity without realizing it: · The spies duped government and military officials alike.dupe somebody into doing something: · The perpetrators of the hoax managed to dupe respectable journalists into printing their story.
to be tricked or deceived by someone
· He knew he'd been tricked, but it was too late to do anything.be tricked/deceived by · Don't feel bad - you weren't the only one who was deceived by his lies.
to be deceived by someone's words or behaviour, so that you believe something about them that is not true: · He seemed so confident, that I was completely taken in.be taken in by: · We were all taken in by the scheme and invested far more money than we should have.
to stupidly believe something that is untrue and is intended to deceive you: · Doug is too clever to fall for a story like that!· She completely fell for his nonsense about being rich and famous.
to be deceived by someone's behaviour, words, or appearance, especially when the result is not serious: · Don't let yourself be fooled - she's not as nice as she seems.be fooled by: · A lot of people were fooled by what he said, but I was sure he was lying.
to be tricked into doing something that results in you being punished or embarrassed: · I'm innocent! I was set up!be set up by: · The young man's claim that he had been set up by the police was eventually supported by several witnesses.
to be deceived by someone, especially so that you become involved in their dishonest activity without realizing it: · When the police arrived to arrest her, she realized she had been duped.be duped by: · Richie couldn't believe he had been set up and duped by his friends.
a trick
a clever plan designed to make someone believe something that you want them to believe, or do something that you want them to do: · He pretended to be sick as a trick to get her to visit him.· Don't send her any money - it might be a trick.a trick question (=a question that is cleverly designed to make someone give a wrong answer): · He refused to answer, suspecting they were asking him a trick question.
a clever plan designed to harm someone, for example by making them go somewhere where they will be caught or attacked, or making them say something they will be punished for: · I didn't take the money with me, because I was worried it might be a trap.· Sensing the lawyer's trap, Horvath refused to answer.
especially written something that is said or done with the deliberate intention of deceiving people: · Ann quickly saw through his lies and deceptions.· What began as a misunderstanding quickly became a deliberate deception on the part of the network.
a trick, especially one that is amusing and not very serious: · It was just a ruse to get what I wanted!· She asked to use the telephone as a ruse to enter the house.
a false warning about something dangerous, given especially to someone in an official position, for example the police: · To everybody's great relief, the bomb scare turned out to be a hoax.· I got an email about another computer virus, but I'm pretty sure it's just a hoax.
informal a trick to get someone's money or make someone do something: · The two men were involved in an elaborate con to cheat investors out of their money.· Senior citizens are usually easy targets for con games.
when something that happens is not what it seems to be, and is really an attempt to deceive people: · Journalists suspected that the kidnapping was a put-up job.· The demonstration was a put-up job, organized by the authorities so they could arrest the cult leaders.
informal a clever and dishonest plan to get money: · The welfare scam was costing the federal government hundreds of thousands of dollars.· The offer of a "free" vacation to Florida sounds like a scam to me.
a trick that is intended to take someone's attention away from what someone else is trying to do: · Some of the prisoners started a fight as a diversion to give the others time to escape.create a diversion: · Rioters created a diversion by setting fire to vehicles close to the police station.
a person or thing that is used to trick someone by taking their attention away from an illegal or criminal act: · You act as a decoy and we'll sneak out the back.· The burglars started the fire as a decoy so that they could escape from police.
someone who is deceived
someone who is tricked by someone else, especially so that they become involved in the other person's dishonest plans without realizing it: · Investigators believe Dailey was a dupe for international drug smugglers.unwitting dupe: · Some portray the family as unwitting dupes of conspiracy theorists.
informal someone who believes everything they are told, even when it is clearly not true: · I know I'm a sucker. I'll give $10 to anyone who tells me they're hungry or wants a cup of coffee.· Some poor suckers had paid more than three times what they should have for the tickets.
British informal someone who is easily deceived, especially so that they do much more or give much more than is fair or reasonable: · He's asked me to work over the weekend again - he must think I'm some kind of mug.· Don't be a mug! That picture's not worth as much as that!
someone who tricks other people
someone who tries to get money from people by tricking them: · A pair of con men have been tricking older people in the community out of their life savings.· Don't be fooled by con artists who promise enormous returns on your investment with no risk.· Petty scam artists victimize tourists on the streets.
informal a dishonest person who steals things or tricks people: · I wouldn't do business with him - he's a crook.· People have accused me of being a crook, but I didn't take any money that wasn't mine.
someone who pretends to have special skills and abilities and tricks people into believing them: · Some psychic charlatan convinced her she was going to die in six months.· Charlatans advertise a variety of fat-reducing treatments in the back of magazines.
informal a dishonest person who pretends to be a doctor who can cure diseases: · Larry paid some quack over a thousand dollars to cure his insomnia.· That quack doesn't know anything about treating heart disease.
American informal a dishonest person, especially a lawyer: · Their lawyer is a shyster who would do anything to win a case.· Once the shysters get involved, you can be sure we'll end up in court.
American someone who deceives people by persuading them to accept false information, solutions etc that are not effective: · Critics have called the Senator a smooth-talking snake-oil peddler.· Latenight TV is full of snake-oil salesmen offering get-rich-quick schemes.
when someone tricks or deceives someone
the act of deceiving someone, especially by telling them lies: · I'm sure many businessmen use some form of deception, at times, to achieve their objectives.· She was stunned by the lies and deception her husband had used to hide his affairs.
the act of deceiving someone - use this to show strong disapproval: · His political opponents have accused him of corruption and deceit.· He now found himself in a world where deceit was accepted, even expected.
a situation in which someone is tricked into doing something that results in them being punished: · Is this some kind of a set up? Why should I believe you?· The whole thing was a set up to get Burley to confess.
especially written the use of clever plans or actions to deceive someone: · It was a piece of political trickery that enraged the opposition.· He's managed to get as far as he has through slick talking and trickery.
intended to deceive
words or actions that are deceitful are intended to deceive someone: · He got the contract, but only by being deceitful.· I don't trust her. I think she has a deceitful smile.· The company has engaged in deceitful practices for years.
misleading information or statements make people believe something that is not true, especially by not giving them all the facts: · The advertisements were deliberately misleading and false.· In court Robbins made misleading statements about his involvement.it is misleading to say/treat/speak of etc: · It would be misleading to say that the recession will soon be over.
British /under false pretenses American if you do something under false pretences , you do it by pretending that the situation is different from what it really is: · He got a loan from the bank under false pretences.· Immigration officers attempt to catch people entering the country under false pretenses.
method/plan/system
a method, system etc that is effective succeeds in achieving the result that you want: · The advertisement was simple but remarkably effective.· Our training programme covers a range of effective management techniques.an effective way of doing something/to do something: · There are many effective ways of using videos in language teaching.highly effective: · The new system has proved to be a highly effective way of extending trading hours.
if a plan or method works , it produces the result that you want: · "I can't open the jar." "Try putting it in hot water. That sometimes works."work well: · The recipe works just as well if you cook the fish in the microwave.work with somebody (=make someone react in the way you want): · That type of sales talk doesn't work with me.work like magic/like a charm/like a dream (=have exactly the result that you want, especially when this is surprising): · I bought a bottle of stain remover, and it worked like magic.
to produce the result or effect that is intended: · You may have to take two pills in order to achieve the desired effect.have the desired effect of doing something: · The meetings had the desired effect of driving home the urgent need for change.
an action, or piece of work that is successful produces very good results: · Their new advertising campaign has been very successful.· Did you have a successful shopping trip?· It was one of the President's most successful speeches.highly successful: · Freire introduced highly successful literacy programs in Brazil.
spoken say this about a tool or method you think will be effective: · An electric saw will do the job at twice the speed.· Exercise and a low-calorie diet should do the trick.
to be extremely effective in dealing with a difficult problem or situation: · Many elderly people need to get out more, and often a new hobby works wonders.work wonders for: · The team's recent successes have worked wonders for their morale.
if the way you do something or the methods or people you use make a difference , they make something much more effective and successful: · If you're a young energetic college graduate who wants to make a difference in the world of media, this is the job for you!make all the difference: · The kind of technology you choose will make all the difference to the success of your business.
something that you do to make people laugh
· We didn't mean to frighten you. It was only a joke.· Inside the parcel there was an empty bottle. "Is this some kind of joke?'' he asked.take a joke (=accept a joke that is against you) · I can take a joke as well as anyone, but this isn't funny, it's embarrassing.
a trick, especially one that is carefully planned that is intended to confuse and surprise someone and to make other people laugh at them: · The phone call was the sort of practical joke that radio stations often play on celebrities.play a practical joke: · Police believe the circles in the crops are made by someone playing an elaborate practical joke.
a silly action that is intended as a harmless joke - use this especially when something serious happens as a result of it: · The fire was started as a prank.· Pushing her in the river seemed like a harmless prank, but it ended in tragedy.pull/play a prank (on somebody): · Every year, the older kids pull pranks on new students.
to surprise or deceive someone with a trick so that you and other people can laugh at them: · He didn't seem the type of boy to play jokes.play a trick/joke on: · When she didn't come, I thought she was playing a trick on me.
also for a joke British if you do something as a joke or for a joke , you do it because you think it will have amusing results or make people laugh: · You shouldn't spread rumours like that, even as a joke.· Once, for a joke, they changed round all the numbers on the doors.
British informal if you do something for a laugh , you do it for fun or to make people laugh: · Just for a laugh we hung all the pictures upside down.· Kevin set off the fire alarm for a laugh.
magic done as entertainment
the skill of doing tricks that seem like magic , as a way of entertaining people: · The club features juggling and magic acts in addition to stand-up comedy.· an evening of magic and comedy
a skilful action that makes something happen which seems impossible, performed as entertainment: do/perform a trick: · It's hard to do a trick like this in front of so many people.magic trickalso conjuring trick British: · Helen sat on the bed, clapping while her brother did magic tricks.card trick (=a trick done with playing cards): · John would sometimes perform card tricks for his buddies.
WORD SETS
ace, nounbaccarat, nounbid, nounblackjack, nounbridge, nouncanasta, nouncard, nouncard table, nouncontract bridge, nouncourt card, nouncrib, nouncribbage, nouncut, verbdeal, noundeal, verbdealer, noundeck, noundiscard, verbdiscard, noundummy, nounface card, nounflush, nounfull house, noungin rummy, noungrand slam, nounhand, nounjack, nounjoker, nounking, nounkitty, nounknave, nounlead, verboverbid, verbpack, nounpatience, nounpicture card, nounplaying card, nounpoker, nounpontoon, nounqueen, nounraise, verbrubber, nounrummy, nounrun, nounshuffle, verbshuffle, nounsnap, nounsnap, interjectionsolitaire, nounspade, nounstrip poker, nounsuit, nountrick, nountrump, nountrump, verbtwenty-one, nounwhist, nounwild, adjectivewild card, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 The girls were playing tricks on their teacher.
 After walking for hours in the hot sun, his mind began playing tricks on him.
 At first he thought someone was coming towards him, but it was just a trick of the light.
 My uncle was always showing me card tricks when I was a kid.
 a magic trick
 a salesman who knew all the tricks of the trade (=clever methods used in a particular job)
(=to have sex with someone for money)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 It was nothing but a cheap trick (=unkind trick).
 He did conjuring tricks for the children.
 Saunders scored a hat trick in the final game of the series.
 His best magic trick is sawing a lady in half.
 John didn’t miss a trick (=noticed every opportunity to get an advantage) when it came to cutting costs.
 Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that again!
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The policeman should have known better than to expect Duncan to fall for a cheap trick like that.· Maybe it was just a cheap trick to get voyeuristic journalists to read a fax that would otherwise have been tossed.· They are hard, but they would not use cheap tricks.· She vowed that never would she resort to such cheap tricks.
· You can do clever tricks too.· It was a clever trick to give him time to choose his words.· Both play a very clever trick which will answer the prayers of video users all round the world.
· Had that little trick not occurred to him then perhaps their relationship might never have happened.· There were manifold uncertainties, and in the days and weeks to come, memory would play devilish little tricks on him.· It is not schooling but a nasty little trick he has to get the better of me.· I cracked jokes, told stories, performed little tricks with the silverware.· You might be his daughter only in name, but you've certainly learnt all his nasty, manipulative little tricks.· The party bags can contain one or two little magic tricks or puzzles.· All this would have been bad enough, even without another little trick nature had up its sleeve: the weather.
· This is an old magic trick which entails some preparation.· I used to practice magic tricks.· The party bags can contain one or two little magic tricks or puzzles.· He performs magic tricks and is everything that three women want.
· It was a neat trick, but it never seemed to fit the open-faced characters he played.· Dole has to go negative without seeming negative, a neat trick.· He must both get into the fray and seem above it, another neat trick.· That was a neat trick all right.
· You just can't teach an old bird new tricks.· Prison teaches you a lot of new tricks.· One man's new tricks to manage cash flows and control risk are another's source of financial enslavement and greater risk-taking.· Anker Simmons' main sporting interest was the river and perhaps at 50 he thought himself too old for new tricks.· As a precaution, Lotus will include some of the new tricks in its 1-2-3 for Windows this summer.· They are supremely intelligent and although quick to learn, they tire of new tricks easily.
· An old trick but it still works.· An old trick, but they had performed it flawlessly.· One of the oldest tricks in the book and he had completely overlooked it.· And last, an old trick of ours is to enlist the help of secretaries to show us their bosses' calendars.· The old trick of keeping a straight face was failing him these days.· I was at my old tricks, the selfish member of a selfish society.· You just can't teach an old bird new tricks.· Up to his same old tricks.
NOUN
· He knows that one card trick is much like another, a descant of deftness that can t be stretched.
· This is a wicked of police corruption, media con tricks and celebrity scandals.
· A professional golfer tries to pull off a confidence trick against his own body.· Being the host with the most was essential to Archer's confidence trick.· What confidence tricks have you picked up at home or at work?
· Wynalda nearly could have had a hat trick late in the first half, but elected instead to spread the wealth around.· There was worse to come seconds before the whistle, when Irons hit his hat trick and Swindon for once were well beaten.· Ted Gilmour was the star man for the B team, claiming a hat trick of victories.· He scored a hat trick for Rotherham t' other day.· Part of this record-breaking hat trick was pulled off by Johnny Boy Gomes.· Darlington were down and out a minute later when Mark McGhee crossed from the right for Maskell to complete his hat trick.
VERB
· Keeping his head again he raced on to complete his hat-trick.· At this point you show that you have completed the trick.· Darlington were down and out a minute later when Mark McGhee crossed from the right for Maskell to complete his hat trick.
· In 15 first-half minutes of breathtaking attacking they conjured a hat-trick of near-misses.· It was like a conjuring trick.
· If you don't want to splash out on Dry Shampoo, ordinary talcum powder will do the same trick.· The bathrobe did not do the trick.· You can do clever tricks too.· In Tucson, January golf tournaments do the trick.· Then ask her if she feels close enough to you to try it-that should do the trick.· That seemed to do the trick, or at least he thought so.· Geography, rather than better application of theory, did the trick.· Brown said the system has got to change-and suggested that the threat of less money may do the trick.
· Th'didn't know I could do tricks did thee?· It is a vicious game played by attorneys who know all the tricks to kill the witness before he gets to court.· The captains knew all the tricks though, and were constantly on the watch.· We know all sorts of tricks for sneaking in.· They know all the tricks in Manchester.· She had to perform for them with the spotlight on her and she knew that no trick would be good enough.· There was nobody acting a lot of the time, but most of them knew a trick worth two of that.· Even the directors had known of the trick.
· Very graciously, she refused to learn; and he realised that to learn the trick would be to destroy the magic.· As a child, I learned the trick for remembering the difference between latitude and longitude.· Perhaps Ronnie Koeman was watching and can learn that trick as well.· I learned this trick from another manager.· Teacher preparation, would then be mainly an initiation, learning the tricks of the trade from the old campaigners.· Male speaker Juggling is a challenge, as soon as you learn one trick you realise there are others.· Sometimes your will to learn a trick will take you through.
· Cody doesn't miss a trick.· Oh, he didn't miss a trick.· His lazy, supercilious eyes, too, managed their affectation of aloofness without actually missing a trick.· Is Wall Street missing a trick?· The only trouble was that although he never missed a trick, he was dreadfully slow.· Never missed a trick, old Steenie.· I didn't want to miss a trick.· When it comes to promotion, the Disney people don't miss a trick.
· At the back, the defence went to work and Paul Reece performed his tricks again to keep Oxford in command.· The skate park is crammed with ramps, bowls and railings for users to perform tricks on.· In fact, all jacanas can perform this trick.· He performed the necessary tricks, dreamed the necessary dreams.· The simplest involves racing down a mountain, while the most complicated requires you to perform tricks on an obstacle course.· I cracked jokes, told stories, performed little tricks with the silverware.· At this palace, as at the other, servility shows its face and performs its tricks.· Butterfly wings perform the same trick, albeit within a cone.
· Television plays hurtful tricks on people who watch it long enough.· There were manifold uncertainties, and in the days and weeks to come, memory would play devilish little tricks on him.· He knew, too, that his head had been aching and that his mind was capable of playing tricks upon him.· Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.· Was he somehow playing a terribly cruel trick on her?· Both play a very clever trick which will answer the prayers of video users all round the world.· Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.· She must think Anna was going to play another trick, though nothing could have been further from Anna's mind.
· A professional golfer tries to pull off a confidence trick against his own body.· And the rooms pull a few surrealistic tricks with their architecture.· Supposing Gesner pulled a trick, or she fell over.· If he pulls that trick, the finals are within his and the Lakers' reach.· Old Rudolf being smart enough to pull a trick like that!· Then, as the United States Army neared, the well-mobilized army of Young pulled a trick.· The veterans can pull off a few tricks, too.
· A singleton honour offside will also allow you to score five tricks if you pick it right.· He scored a hat trick for Rotherham t' other day.· Mickey was so delighted that he promptly scored a hat trick in his side's 4-1 win.· Rocastle has got to do the business, score a hat trick or something.
· And now he is teaching his son the tricks of the trade.· She asked him to teach her the trick, but he said that she was not ready yet.· The interesting result is the relation between how well the rat remembers, and how long ago it was taught its trick.· It also teaches many tricks to help you learn.
· I tried every trick in the book to reform him.· Be sure you know what you're asking for if you try this trick at home, kids.· Kelda, which supplies water to Yorkshire, has already tried this trick.· Never try any of these tricks without a backup of your system folder and all key files.· Normally, any government trying this sort of trick would soon be being ordered to pay out in the courts.· If he had tried the same trick, she would have insisted on coming up and waiting for Dickie in the apartment.· I exercised all the patience I could muster, trying every trick I knew of to get a performance out of Monty.
· If that doesn't turn the trick, offer him A nice car.· Fletcher turned his trick into a whole scientific theory.· It was Morgan's handling of the attempted bank raid a few days earlier in Cardiff which turned the trick.· But Margo turned the finest trick of her life when she turned this prurient interest back on itself to publicize the convention.· She loves the Poet, and will do anything to please him, including turning tricks for a variety of kinky characters.
· He used a filthy trick to defeat the Executioner.· Victoria used every trick in the book to undermine Patsy in order to get the new job colleagues knew Patsy had earned.· So we use this same trick in other recipes.· The problem was resolved using a trick called isotopic substitution.· Dineh used various tricks and acrobatic feats to escape them, but eventually exhaustion set in.· You should not use this sort of trick anywhere else in a program.· Eat the bread while it is hot but do not expect to use this trick on the same loaf twice.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • I tried every trick in the book to reform him.
  • Victoria used every trick in the book to undermine Patsy in order to get the new job colleagues knew Patsy had earned.
  • Experienced teachers can teach new teachers a trick or two.
somebody is up to their (old) tricks
  • But the agents have tricks of their own.
  • Mrs. White knew we hadn't studied - she never misses a trick.
  • But then he never missed a trick.
  • The only trouble was that although he never missed a trick, he was dreadfully slow.
  • Hello Bill! How's tricks?
  • Bomb threats and other dirty tricks kept many voters at home.
  • The second surgery on my knee seemed to do the trick.
  • A doctored ball should do the trick for both at the same time.
  • In Tucson, January golf tournaments do the trick.
  • It certainly seemed to do the trick.
  • Luckily the second dose, a minor variant of the first, did the trick.
  • Often a little give from one side will do the trick.
  • Should you have any difficulty, a word with your Club rep will normally do the trick.
  • Something less than a precision guided missile would do the trick.
  • That seemed to do the trick, or at least he thought so.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIESdirty tricksomebody’s memory is playing tricks on them
  • He had always played tricks on her.
  • Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.
  • In one of them, a man named Wakefield decides to play a joke on his wife.
  • It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
  • Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
  • Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
  • They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
  • Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
  • He had always played tricks on her.
  • He knew, too, that his head had been aching and that his mind was capable of playing tricks upon him.
  • Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.
  • It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
  • Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
  • Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
  • They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
  • Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
you can’t teach an old dog new tricksgo trick or treating
Word family
WORD FAMILYnountricktrickerytricksteradjectivetrickytrickverbtrick
1something that deceives somebody something you do in order to deceive someone:  Pretending he doesn’t remember is an old trick of his. He didn’t really lose his wallet – that’s just a trick.2joke something you do to surprise someone and to make other people laugh:  I’m getting tired of your silly tricks. The girls were playing tricks on their teacher.3something that makes things appear different something that makes things appear to be different from the way they really are:  After walking for hours in the hot sun, his mind began playing tricks on him. At first he thought someone was coming towards him, but it was just a trick of the light.4a dirty/rotten/mean trick an unkind or unfair thing to do:  He didn’t turn up? What a dirty trick!5do the trick spoken if something does the trick, it solves a problem or provides what is needed to get a good result:  A bit more flour should do the trick.6magic a skilful set of actions that seem like magic, done to entertain people:  My uncle was always showing me card tricks when I was a kid. a magic trick7clever method a way of doing something that works very well but may not be easy to notice:  The trick is to bend your knees as you catch the ball. a salesman who knew all the tricks of the trade (=clever methods used in a particular job)8use/try every trick in the book to use every method that you know, even dishonest ones, to achieve what you want9teach/show somebody a trick or two informal used to say that someone knows more than someone else or can do something better than them:  Experienced teachers can show new teachers a trick or two.10somebody is up to their (old) tricks informal to be doing the same dishonest things that you have often done before11cards the cards played or won in one part of a game of cards:  He won the first three tricks easily.12habit have a trick of doing something British English to have a habit of using a particular expression or of moving your face or body in a particular way:  She had this trick of raising her eyebrows at the end of a question.13never miss a trick spoken to always know exactly what is happening even if it does not concern you:  Dave’s found out. He never misses a trick, does he?14how’s tricks? old-fashioned spoken used to greet someone in a friendly way:  Hello, Bill! How’s tricks?15sex American English old-fashioned informal someone who pays a prostitute to have sexturn a trick (=to have sex with someone for money) confidence trick, → dirty trick at dirty1(6), → you can’t teach an old dog new tricks at teach(7), → hat trick
trick1 nountrick2 verbtrick3 adjective
tricktrick2 ●●● S3 verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
trick
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theytrick
he, she, ittricks
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theytricked
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave tricked
he, she, ithas tricked
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad tricked
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill trick
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have tricked
Continuous Form
PresentIam tricking
he, she, itis tricking
you, we, theyare tricking
PastI, he, she, itwas tricking
you, we, theywere tricking
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been tricking
he, she, ithas been tricking
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been tricking
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be tricking
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been tricking
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • A man posing as an insurance agent tricked her out of thousands of dollars.
  • I'm not trying to trick you - just answer the question.
  • I realized then that I had been tricked, but it was too late.
  • The old man's sons had tricked him into signing the papers.
  • You tricked me!
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Does Dave know that Bob and l tricked?
  • Dynamius tried to lock them out of the city, but he was tricked by Gundulf.
  • Guglielmo and Ferrando reappear without their disguises, and the girls become aware that they have been tricked.
  • He's the one who originally tricked the first human couple to disobey the Maker's instructions.
  • This is called an optical illusion, which means that your eyes trick you into seeing something that is not really there.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
especially written to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true: · This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.
to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something: · A man posing as an insurance agent had tricked her out of thousands of dollars.
to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick: · His hairpiece doesn’t fool anyone.
to make people believe something that is not true, by deliberately not giving them all the facts, or by saying something that is only partly true: · The company was accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of the product.
informal to trick or deceive someone, especially so that they become involved in someone else’s dishonest activity without realizing it: · The spies duped government and military officials alike.
informal to trick someone, especially by telling them something that is not true: · I’m pretty good at judging people; I didn’t think he was trying to con me.
Longman Language Activatorto trick someone and make them believe something that is not true
to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something: · I realized then that I had been tricked, but it was too late.· I'm not trying to trick you - just answer the question.trick somebody into doing something: · The old man's sons had tricked him into signing the papers.trick somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them): · A man posing as an insurance agent tricked her out of thousands of dollars.
informal to trick someone: · He was trying to con me, and I knew it.con somebody into doing something: · They conned the school district into buying the property.con somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them): · She conned me out of $50.
especially written to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true because it is useful for you if they believe it: · This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.· Many children's lies are unplanned and not actually designed to deceive.· All through the summer Paula was deceiving her husband while she was seeing another man.deceive somebody into doing something: · Thousands of home buyers were deceived into buying homes at inflated prices.deceive yourself: · If you think that everyone is happy with the plan, you're deceiving yourself.
to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick: · His hairpiece doesn't fool anyone.fool somebody into doing something: · They managed to fool the police into thinking they had left the country.have somebody fooled: · The brothers' act had us all fooled.you can't fool me spoken: · You can't fool me - I know he's already given you the money.fool yourself: · Maybe I was just fooling myself, but I really thought he liked me.
to make people believe something that is not true, by deliberately not giving them all the facts, or by saying something that is only partly true: · The report is a deliberate and obvious attempt to mislead.· They were accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of their product.mislead somebody into doing something: · Agents are accused of misleading clients into signing up for savings plans that were actually insurance policies.
to trick someone into doing something that they will be punished for or embarrassed by: · He said, following his arrest last fall, that the FBI had set him up.· Terry and Donald think I set them up, but it's all a big misunderstanding.
informal to deceive someone, especially someone who is cleverer than you are, or someone who is not easily deceived: · That's the last time he puts one over on me!· Lawyers claim that the tobacco industry, by failing to tell everything it knew about smoking, was putting one over on its customers.
informal to deceive someone, usually by hiding some facts or information: · Don't try and pull the wool over my eyes - I can tell you've been smoking.· The politicians are just trying to pull the wool over voters' eyes again.
to make someone believe you and trust you, especially by making them think you are romantically interested in them: · I can't tell if he really cares about me or if he's just leading me on?· I didn't mean to lead Cassie on, but I didn't want to hurt her feelings either.
informal to deceive someone, especially so that you can get their money: · I'd already given him £50 when I realized he was taking me for a ride.· After the deal was signed, I felt like I'd been taken for a ride.
to cheat someone you pretended to be helping or working with, especially by helping their enemies: · I'm warning you - if you double-cross me, I'll kill you.· Harry and Danny double-crossed the gang and escaped with all the money.
informal to trick or deceive someone, especially so that they become involved in someone else's dishonest activity without realizing it: · The spies duped government and military officials alike.dupe somebody into doing something: · The perpetrators of the hoax managed to dupe respectable journalists into printing their story.
to be tricked or deceived by someone
· He knew he'd been tricked, but it was too late to do anything.be tricked/deceived by · Don't feel bad - you weren't the only one who was deceived by his lies.
to be deceived by someone's words or behaviour, so that you believe something about them that is not true: · He seemed so confident, that I was completely taken in.be taken in by: · We were all taken in by the scheme and invested far more money than we should have.
to stupidly believe something that is untrue and is intended to deceive you: · Doug is too clever to fall for a story like that!· She completely fell for his nonsense about being rich and famous.
to be deceived by someone's behaviour, words, or appearance, especially when the result is not serious: · Don't let yourself be fooled - she's not as nice as she seems.be fooled by: · A lot of people were fooled by what he said, but I was sure he was lying.
to be tricked into doing something that results in you being punished or embarrassed: · I'm innocent! I was set up!be set up by: · The young man's claim that he had been set up by the police was eventually supported by several witnesses.
to be deceived by someone, especially so that you become involved in their dishonest activity without realizing it: · When the police arrived to arrest her, she realized she had been duped.be duped by: · Richie couldn't believe he had been set up and duped by his friends.
a trick
a clever plan designed to make someone believe something that you want them to believe, or do something that you want them to do: · He pretended to be sick as a trick to get her to visit him.· Don't send her any money - it might be a trick.a trick question (=a question that is cleverly designed to make someone give a wrong answer): · He refused to answer, suspecting they were asking him a trick question.
a clever plan designed to harm someone, for example by making them go somewhere where they will be caught or attacked, or making them say something they will be punished for: · I didn't take the money with me, because I was worried it might be a trap.· Sensing the lawyer's trap, Horvath refused to answer.
especially written something that is said or done with the deliberate intention of deceiving people: · Ann quickly saw through his lies and deceptions.· What began as a misunderstanding quickly became a deliberate deception on the part of the network.
a trick, especially one that is amusing and not very serious: · It was just a ruse to get what I wanted!· She asked to use the telephone as a ruse to enter the house.
a false warning about something dangerous, given especially to someone in an official position, for example the police: · To everybody's great relief, the bomb scare turned out to be a hoax.· I got an email about another computer virus, but I'm pretty sure it's just a hoax.
informal a trick to get someone's money or make someone do something: · The two men were involved in an elaborate con to cheat investors out of their money.· Senior citizens are usually easy targets for con games.
when something that happens is not what it seems to be, and is really an attempt to deceive people: · Journalists suspected that the kidnapping was a put-up job.· The demonstration was a put-up job, organized by the authorities so they could arrest the cult leaders.
informal a clever and dishonest plan to get money: · The welfare scam was costing the federal government hundreds of thousands of dollars.· The offer of a "free" vacation to Florida sounds like a scam to me.
a trick that is intended to take someone's attention away from what someone else is trying to do: · Some of the prisoners started a fight as a diversion to give the others time to escape.create a diversion: · Rioters created a diversion by setting fire to vehicles close to the police station.
a person or thing that is used to trick someone by taking their attention away from an illegal or criminal act: · You act as a decoy and we'll sneak out the back.· The burglars started the fire as a decoy so that they could escape from police.
someone who is deceived
someone who is tricked by someone else, especially so that they become involved in the other person's dishonest plans without realizing it: · Investigators believe Dailey was a dupe for international drug smugglers.unwitting dupe: · Some portray the family as unwitting dupes of conspiracy theorists.
informal someone who believes everything they are told, even when it is clearly not true: · I know I'm a sucker. I'll give $10 to anyone who tells me they're hungry or wants a cup of coffee.· Some poor suckers had paid more than three times what they should have for the tickets.
British informal someone who is easily deceived, especially so that they do much more or give much more than is fair or reasonable: · He's asked me to work over the weekend again - he must think I'm some kind of mug.· Don't be a mug! That picture's not worth as much as that!
someone who tricks other people
someone who tries to get money from people by tricking them: · A pair of con men have been tricking older people in the community out of their life savings.· Don't be fooled by con artists who promise enormous returns on your investment with no risk.· Petty scam artists victimize tourists on the streets.
informal a dishonest person who steals things or tricks people: · I wouldn't do business with him - he's a crook.· People have accused me of being a crook, but I didn't take any money that wasn't mine.
someone who pretends to have special skills and abilities and tricks people into believing them: · Some psychic charlatan convinced her she was going to die in six months.· Charlatans advertise a variety of fat-reducing treatments in the back of magazines.
informal a dishonest person who pretends to be a doctor who can cure diseases: · Larry paid some quack over a thousand dollars to cure his insomnia.· That quack doesn't know anything about treating heart disease.
American informal a dishonest person, especially a lawyer: · Their lawyer is a shyster who would do anything to win a case.· Once the shysters get involved, you can be sure we'll end up in court.
American someone who deceives people by persuading them to accept false information, solutions etc that are not effective: · Critics have called the Senator a smooth-talking snake-oil peddler.· Latenight TV is full of snake-oil salesmen offering get-rich-quick schemes.
when someone tricks or deceives someone
the act of deceiving someone, especially by telling them lies: · I'm sure many businessmen use some form of deception, at times, to achieve their objectives.· She was stunned by the lies and deception her husband had used to hide his affairs.
the act of deceiving someone - use this to show strong disapproval: · His political opponents have accused him of corruption and deceit.· He now found himself in a world where deceit was accepted, even expected.
a situation in which someone is tricked into doing something that results in them being punished: · Is this some kind of a set up? Why should I believe you?· The whole thing was a set up to get Burley to confess.
especially written the use of clever plans or actions to deceive someone: · It was a piece of political trickery that enraged the opposition.· He's managed to get as far as he has through slick talking and trickery.
intended to deceive
words or actions that are deceitful are intended to deceive someone: · He got the contract, but only by being deceitful.· I don't trust her. I think she has a deceitful smile.· The company has engaged in deceitful practices for years.
misleading information or statements make people believe something that is not true, especially by not giving them all the facts: · The advertisements were deliberately misleading and false.· In court Robbins made misleading statements about his involvement.it is misleading to say/treat/speak of etc: · It would be misleading to say that the recession will soon be over.
British /under false pretenses American if you do something under false pretences , you do it by pretending that the situation is different from what it really is: · He got a loan from the bank under false pretences.· Immigration officers attempt to catch people entering the country under false pretenses.
to get money or possessions from someone dishonestly
· He doesn't trust car mechanics -- he thinks they're all trying to cheat him.cheat somebody out of something · She says she was cheated out of $10,000 she paid to a modeling agency.· Cohen claimed that criminals posing as salesmen cheat Americans out of billions of dollars each year.
to get money from a person or organization by cheating them, especially using clever and complicated methods: · He was jailed in 1992 for attempting to swindle the insurance company he worked for.swindle somebody out of something: · Investors have been swindled out of millions of pounds.
especially spoken to persuade someone to buy something or to give you money by telling them lies: · By the time she realized she had been conned, she had lost more than $3000.con somebody out of something: · The old lady was conned out of her life savings by a crooked insurance dealer.con something out of somebody: · A man pretending to be a faith healer has conned around £20,000 out of desperate sick people.con somebody into doing something: · She was too embarrassed to admit that they had conned her into buying 100 acres of worthless land.
British informal to give false information or make dishonest changes to financial records, in order to get money or avoid paying money: · My boss thinks I've been fiddling my travel expenses.fiddle the books/fiddle the accounts (=change a company's financial records): · The company secretary has been fiddling the books for years.
to get money from a company or organization, especially a very large one, by deceiving it: · Trachtenberg is charged with attempting to defraud his business partner.defraud somebody (out) of something: · Between them they defrauded the company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
informal to get a lot of money from someone by tricking them: · She fleeced him for everything he had.· Authorities estimate at least 300 elderly couples were fleeced in the scheme.fleece somebody of something: · She estimates he fleeced her of about £50,000 by tricking her into buying fake antiques.
to get money or possessions from someone, by tricking or deceiving them: · Police are warning residents to be on their guard after two men tricked a pensioner out of several hundred pounds.· Megan was tricked out of her life savings by a smooth-talking handsome man who had promised to marry her.
especially British, informal to cheat someone by not giving them money that they deserve or that they are owed: · The way I see it, they've done me out of three weeks' wages.· She's convinced the sales assistant did her out of £15.
spoken use this to say that someone has been cheated but they do not realize it: · I hate to tell you this but you've been had. The antique clock you bought is a phoney.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 It was nothing but a cheap trick (=unkind trick).
 He did conjuring tricks for the children.
 Saunders scored a hat trick in the final game of the series.
 His best magic trick is sawing a lady in half.
 John didn’t miss a trick (=noticed every opportunity to get an advantage) when it came to cutting costs.
 Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that again!
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· This crisp shell gives way to hot luscious crab within, not tricked out with too many spices.· Cherries turn up again in a buttermilk pudding tricked out with rose petals and violets.· Zeus took up the white fat and was angry when he saw the bones craftily tricked out.
NOUN
· Here are three examples of callers who may try to trick their way into your home.
VERB
· In this instance, there had been a mix-up, and for once Eliot's memory had played him tricks.· Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
· But some people try to trick children into doing something by giving them sweets or money.· While suspicious that somehow management was trying to trick them, union officials eventually agreed to go along with the program.· Was it possible that the police suspected his involvement with Saunders and were trying to trick him into an admission of guilt?· Every party politician that expects to lose tries that trick.· Or all trying to trick him?· They clearly believed I was trying to trick them.· Here are three examples of callers who may try to trick their way into your home.· Perhaps he was trying to trick her into talking by pretending to be sympathetic?
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIESdirty tricksomebody’s memory is playing tricks on them
  • He had always played tricks on her.
  • Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.
  • In one of them, a man named Wakefield decides to play a joke on his wife.
  • It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
  • Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
  • Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
  • They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
  • Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
  • He had always played tricks on her.
  • He knew, too, that his head had been aching and that his mind was capable of playing tricks upon him.
  • Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.
  • It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
  • Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
  • Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
  • They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
  • Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
you can’t teach an old dog new tricksgo trick or treating
Word family
WORD FAMILYnountricktrickerytricksteradjectivetrickytrickverbtrick
1to deceive someone in order to get something from them or to make them do something:  She knew she’d been tricked, but it was too late.trick somebody into doing something He claimed he was tricked into carrying drugs.trick somebody out of something The corporation was tricked out of $20 million.trick your way into/past/onto etc something He tricked his way into her home by pretending to be a policeman.2be tricked out with/in something British English literary to be decorated with something:  a hat tricked out with ribbons
trick1 nountrick2 verbtrick3 adjective
tricktrick3 adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But the truth is that these are trick questions-because each of them asks which is best for you.
  • Gadget Bob and his staff send in trick plays more often than the Harlem Globetrotters.
  • Mitchell was doing trick shots over his shoulder.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto trick someone and make them believe something that is not true
to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something: · I realized then that I had been tricked, but it was too late.· I'm not trying to trick you - just answer the question.trick somebody into doing something: · The old man's sons had tricked him into signing the papers.trick somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them): · A man posing as an insurance agent tricked her out of thousands of dollars.
informal to trick someone: · He was trying to con me, and I knew it.con somebody into doing something: · They conned the school district into buying the property.con somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them): · She conned me out of $50.
especially written to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true because it is useful for you if they believe it: · This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.· Many children's lies are unplanned and not actually designed to deceive.· All through the summer Paula was deceiving her husband while she was seeing another man.deceive somebody into doing something: · Thousands of home buyers were deceived into buying homes at inflated prices.deceive yourself: · If you think that everyone is happy with the plan, you're deceiving yourself.
to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick: · His hairpiece doesn't fool anyone.fool somebody into doing something: · They managed to fool the police into thinking they had left the country.have somebody fooled: · The brothers' act had us all fooled.you can't fool me spoken: · You can't fool me - I know he's already given you the money.fool yourself: · Maybe I was just fooling myself, but I really thought he liked me.
to make people believe something that is not true, by deliberately not giving them all the facts, or by saying something that is only partly true: · The report is a deliberate and obvious attempt to mislead.· They were accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of their product.mislead somebody into doing something: · Agents are accused of misleading clients into signing up for savings plans that were actually insurance policies.
to trick someone into doing something that they will be punished for or embarrassed by: · He said, following his arrest last fall, that the FBI had set him up.· Terry and Donald think I set them up, but it's all a big misunderstanding.
informal to deceive someone, especially someone who is cleverer than you are, or someone who is not easily deceived: · That's the last time he puts one over on me!· Lawyers claim that the tobacco industry, by failing to tell everything it knew about smoking, was putting one over on its customers.
informal to deceive someone, usually by hiding some facts or information: · Don't try and pull the wool over my eyes - I can tell you've been smoking.· The politicians are just trying to pull the wool over voters' eyes again.
to make someone believe you and trust you, especially by making them think you are romantically interested in them: · I can't tell if he really cares about me or if he's just leading me on?· I didn't mean to lead Cassie on, but I didn't want to hurt her feelings either.
informal to deceive someone, especially so that you can get their money: · I'd already given him £50 when I realized he was taking me for a ride.· After the deal was signed, I felt like I'd been taken for a ride.
to cheat someone you pretended to be helping or working with, especially by helping their enemies: · I'm warning you - if you double-cross me, I'll kill you.· Harry and Danny double-crossed the gang and escaped with all the money.
informal to trick or deceive someone, especially so that they become involved in someone else's dishonest activity without realizing it: · The spies duped government and military officials alike.dupe somebody into doing something: · The perpetrators of the hoax managed to dupe respectable journalists into printing their story.
to be tricked or deceived by someone
· He knew he'd been tricked, but it was too late to do anything.be tricked/deceived by · Don't feel bad - you weren't the only one who was deceived by his lies.
to be deceived by someone's words or behaviour, so that you believe something about them that is not true: · He seemed so confident, that I was completely taken in.be taken in by: · We were all taken in by the scheme and invested far more money than we should have.
to stupidly believe something that is untrue and is intended to deceive you: · Doug is too clever to fall for a story like that!· She completely fell for his nonsense about being rich and famous.
to be deceived by someone's behaviour, words, or appearance, especially when the result is not serious: · Don't let yourself be fooled - she's not as nice as she seems.be fooled by: · A lot of people were fooled by what he said, but I was sure he was lying.
to be tricked into doing something that results in you being punished or embarrassed: · I'm innocent! I was set up!be set up by: · The young man's claim that he had been set up by the police was eventually supported by several witnesses.
to be deceived by someone, especially so that you become involved in their dishonest activity without realizing it: · When the police arrived to arrest her, she realized she had been duped.be duped by: · Richie couldn't believe he had been set up and duped by his friends.
a trick
a clever plan designed to make someone believe something that you want them to believe, or do something that you want them to do: · He pretended to be sick as a trick to get her to visit him.· Don't send her any money - it might be a trick.a trick question (=a question that is cleverly designed to make someone give a wrong answer): · He refused to answer, suspecting they were asking him a trick question.
a clever plan designed to harm someone, for example by making them go somewhere where they will be caught or attacked, or making them say something they will be punished for: · I didn't take the money with me, because I was worried it might be a trap.· Sensing the lawyer's trap, Horvath refused to answer.
especially written something that is said or done with the deliberate intention of deceiving people: · Ann quickly saw through his lies and deceptions.· What began as a misunderstanding quickly became a deliberate deception on the part of the network.
a trick, especially one that is amusing and not very serious: · It was just a ruse to get what I wanted!· She asked to use the telephone as a ruse to enter the house.
a false warning about something dangerous, given especially to someone in an official position, for example the police: · To everybody's great relief, the bomb scare turned out to be a hoax.· I got an email about another computer virus, but I'm pretty sure it's just a hoax.
informal a trick to get someone's money or make someone do something: · The two men were involved in an elaborate con to cheat investors out of their money.· Senior citizens are usually easy targets for con games.
when something that happens is not what it seems to be, and is really an attempt to deceive people: · Journalists suspected that the kidnapping was a put-up job.· The demonstration was a put-up job, organized by the authorities so they could arrest the cult leaders.
informal a clever and dishonest plan to get money: · The welfare scam was costing the federal government hundreds of thousands of dollars.· The offer of a "free" vacation to Florida sounds like a scam to me.
a trick that is intended to take someone's attention away from what someone else is trying to do: · Some of the prisoners started a fight as a diversion to give the others time to escape.create a diversion: · Rioters created a diversion by setting fire to vehicles close to the police station.
a person or thing that is used to trick someone by taking their attention away from an illegal or criminal act: · You act as a decoy and we'll sneak out the back.· The burglars started the fire as a decoy so that they could escape from police.
someone who is deceived
someone who is tricked by someone else, especially so that they become involved in the other person's dishonest plans without realizing it: · Investigators believe Dailey was a dupe for international drug smugglers.unwitting dupe: · Some portray the family as unwitting dupes of conspiracy theorists.
informal someone who believes everything they are told, even when it is clearly not true: · I know I'm a sucker. I'll give $10 to anyone who tells me they're hungry or wants a cup of coffee.· Some poor suckers had paid more than three times what they should have for the tickets.
British informal someone who is easily deceived, especially so that they do much more or give much more than is fair or reasonable: · He's asked me to work over the weekend again - he must think I'm some kind of mug.· Don't be a mug! That picture's not worth as much as that!
someone who tricks other people
someone who tries to get money from people by tricking them: · A pair of con men have been tricking older people in the community out of their life savings.· Don't be fooled by con artists who promise enormous returns on your investment with no risk.· Petty scam artists victimize tourists on the streets.
informal a dishonest person who steals things or tricks people: · I wouldn't do business with him - he's a crook.· People have accused me of being a crook, but I didn't take any money that wasn't mine.
someone who pretends to have special skills and abilities and tricks people into believing them: · Some psychic charlatan convinced her she was going to die in six months.· Charlatans advertise a variety of fat-reducing treatments in the back of magazines.
informal a dishonest person who pretends to be a doctor who can cure diseases: · Larry paid some quack over a thousand dollars to cure his insomnia.· That quack doesn't know anything about treating heart disease.
American informal a dishonest person, especially a lawyer: · Their lawyer is a shyster who would do anything to win a case.· Once the shysters get involved, you can be sure we'll end up in court.
American someone who deceives people by persuading them to accept false information, solutions etc that are not effective: · Critics have called the Senator a smooth-talking snake-oil peddler.· Latenight TV is full of snake-oil salesmen offering get-rich-quick schemes.
when someone tricks or deceives someone
the act of deceiving someone, especially by telling them lies: · I'm sure many businessmen use some form of deception, at times, to achieve their objectives.· She was stunned by the lies and deception her husband had used to hide his affairs.
the act of deceiving someone - use this to show strong disapproval: · His political opponents have accused him of corruption and deceit.· He now found himself in a world where deceit was accepted, even expected.
a situation in which someone is tricked into doing something that results in them being punished: · Is this some kind of a set up? Why should I believe you?· The whole thing was a set up to get Burley to confess.
especially written the use of clever plans or actions to deceive someone: · It was a piece of political trickery that enraged the opposition.· He's managed to get as far as he has through slick talking and trickery.
intended to deceive
words or actions that are deceitful are intended to deceive someone: · He got the contract, but only by being deceitful.· I don't trust her. I think she has a deceitful smile.· The company has engaged in deceitful practices for years.
misleading information or statements make people believe something that is not true, especially by not giving them all the facts: · The advertisements were deliberately misleading and false.· In court Robbins made misleading statements about his involvement.it is misleading to say/treat/speak of etc: · It would be misleading to say that the recession will soon be over.
British /under false pretenses American if you do something under false pretences , you do it by pretending that the situation is different from what it really is: · He got a loan from the bank under false pretences.· Immigration officers attempt to catch people entering the country under false pretenses.
something that you ask someone
what you say or write when you are asking for information: · That's a very difficult question to answer.· Does anyone have any further questions?· There were several questions Melanie wanted to ask the interviewer.question about: · I hate it when strangers ask me questions about my private life.
British a question that you ask when you have not completely understood something or you are not sure that something is true or correct: · If anyone has a query I'll deal with it at the end of the meeting.· I would be happy to answer people's queries if they write to me at my home address.query about: · Since the TV programme the advice bureau has received lots of queries about maternity rights.raise a query (=ask a question): · One of the students raised a query about the marking system.
also enquiry especially British a question you ask in order to get information or find out the details about something: · We have only just put the house up for sale, and we've already received lots of enquiries.inquiry about: · For all inquiries about flight schedules, please call the following number.
a question that deliberately tricks someone, so that they give you the answer that you want or say something that they do not intend to say: · You don't expect me to answer a loaded question like that, do you?· The jurors said interviewers used leading questions and coached the children on how they should answer.
a question that seems easy to answer but has a hidden difficulty: · "Did you have a good time while I was gone?" "That's a trick question, right? If I say yes, you'll be angry that I didn't miss you."
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 It was nothing but a cheap trick (=unkind trick).
 He did conjuring tricks for the children.
 Saunders scored a hat trick in the final game of the series.
 His best magic trick is sawing a lady in half.
 John didn’t miss a trick (=noticed every opportunity to get an advantage) when it came to cutting costs.
 Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that again!
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Call it ingratitude or history's trick photography the hat he wore no longer had a story.
a trick questiona trick knee/ankle/shoulder etc
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIESdirty tricksomebody’s memory is playing tricks on them
  • He had always played tricks on her.
  • Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.
  • In one of them, a man named Wakefield decides to play a joke on his wife.
  • It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
  • Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
  • Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
  • They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
  • Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
  • He had always played tricks on her.
  • He knew, too, that his head had been aching and that his mind was capable of playing tricks upon him.
  • Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.
  • It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
  • Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
  • Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
  • They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
  • Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
you can’t teach an old dog new tricksgo trick or treating
Word family
WORD FAMILYnountricktrickerytricksteradjectivetrickytrickverbtrick
1trick photography when a photograph or picture has been changed so that it looks different from what was really there2a trick question a question which seems easy to answer but has a hidden difficulty3a trick knee/ankle/shoulder etc American English a joint that is weak and can suddenly cause you problems
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