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an action intended to deceive, possibly as being a means of cheating another person or for a joke or type of leisure:
to make someone think a thing that just isn't true, or to steer a person to do some thing based upon a Bogus comprehension of the facts:
also : john sense 2 b : shift perception 4b(1) c : a trip taken as Section of 1's work d : a convert of duty within the helm usually Long lasting for two hrs
Intelligent Vocabulary: linked text and phrases Cheating & tricking anti-fraud terrible faith bamboozle bilk blackmail deceive diddle feint amusing business game-fixing grift grifter gull gyp overcharge prankishly prankster pretext pretextual pull See much more benefits »
a : an action meant to deceive or cheat b : a mischievous act : prank c : an unwise or childish action d : a skillful or clever feat intended to puzzle or amuse a juggler's tricks
ruse plan system stratagem ploy knack gambit jig dodge fetch sleight of hand gimmick wile sleight bluff flimflam Perform deception crafty trickery juggle hoax artifice subterfuge shenanigan feint end run cheating skullduggery swindle legerdemain duplicity swindling jugglery fakery chicanery skulduggery gaff fraud dupery sham craft cozenage blind smoke screen entrance crookery
fool to produce anyone think a thing that just isn't real, specifically in purchase to giggle at them or to receive what you want:
Cheat also means to act in a very dishonest way as a way to acquire a benefit, specifically in a recreation, competition or exam: You’re not permitted to consider the solutions— that’s cheating.
a person-trick ponies trick somebody into a thing trick someone out of a little something trick someone into executing something trick someone/one thing out (in something) trick someone/anything out (with a thing) do the trick flip a trick See much more Phrasal verbs
All Trick or take care of! hat trick just one-trick qqalfa slot pony do the trick idiom go trick or dealing with Perform a joke/trick on sb See all meanings Idioms and phrases do the trick idiom
Sensible Vocabulary: connected text and phrases Sly & devious artful artfully artfulness backdoor calculating cunningly devious deviously deviousness disingenuous guile guileful guilefully legerdemain Machiavellian tricksy tricky underhand weaselly wily See extra success »
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uncomplicated direct open up simple straight forthright aboveboard frank illuminating candid explanatory outspoken clarifying nondeceptive revealing revelatory plainspoken reputable openhearted truthful truthful elucidative no cost-spoken foursquare See More