trick
I
noun
antic, artifice, bunko, canard, caper, caprice, contrivance, deception, decoy, delusion, device, dodge, escapade, evasion, expedient, fake, false pretense, feint, fraud, gimmick, hoax, illusion, imposture, instinct, intrigue, knavery, legerdemain, machination, maneuver, peculiarity, plot, ploy, prank, prestidigitation, pretense, pretext, quirk, racket, ruse, scheme, sham, sleight, sophistry, stratagem, subterfuge, wile
associated concepts: false pretenses
II
verb
bait, bamboozle, beguile, betray, cheat, circumvent, cozen, deceive, decoy, defraud, delude, dupe, ensnare, evade, hoax, hoodwink, illude, inveigle, mislead, misrepresent, pettifog, swindle, take in, trap, victimize
III
index
artifice, bait (lure), betray (lead astray), bilk, bunko, canard, circumvent, deceive, deception, decoy, defraud, delude, device (contrivance), dupe, ensnare, evade (deceive), evasion, expedient, fake, false pretense, foist, hoax, hoodwink, illude, imposture, inveigle, knavery, machination, maneuver, mislead, misrepresent, mulct (defraud), overreach, pettifog, plot (secret plan), ploy, pretense (pretext), pretext, racket, ruse, sham, stratagem, subterfuge
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006