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1trick — [n1] deceit ambush, artifice, blind, bluff, casuistry, cheat, chicanery, circumvention, con*, concealment, conspiracy, conundrum, cover, deception, decoy, delusion, device, disguise, distortion, dodge*, double dealing, duplicity, equivocation,… …
2Trick — Trick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tricking}.] 1. To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse. [1913 Webster] 2. To dress; to decorate; to set off; to… …
3Impose — Im*pose , v. i. To practice tricks or deception. [1913 Webster] {To impose on} or {To impose upon}, (a) to pass or put a trick on; to delude; to cheat; to defraud. He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things. Locke. (b) to place an… …
4impose — v 1. lay on, set, put on, place, enjoin; levy, assess, charge, burden; encumber, superpose, saddle with; prescribe, dictate, mark out, inflict, direct, command, decree, bid, call upon; demand, require, ask, exact, tax, U.S. doom. 2. obtrude,… …
5trick — n 1. artifice, stratagem, finesse, ruse, wile, Trojan horse, deceit; intrigue, plot, plan, tactic, scheme, strategy, machination; conspiracy, complot, cabal; device, contrivance, expedient, Inf. dodge, fetch, subterfuge, blind; trap, snare, Inf.… …
6impose on — (also impose upon) Deceive, cheat, chouse, trick, be fool, hoax, dupe, delude, circumvent, victimize, play upon, put upon …
7impose on — (Roget s IV) , v. 1. [To disturb] Syn. intrude, interrupt, presume, inconvenience; see bother 2 , disturb 2 , meddle 1 . 2. [To deceive] Syn. trick, cheat, delude, defraud; see cheat , deceive …
8trick — I. n. 1. Artifice, stratagem, wile, cheat, dodge, doubling, fraud, chicane, blind, feint, manaeuvre, deceit, imposition, imposture, deception, juggle, reach, shuffle, hocus pocus, swindle, chouse, fetch, humbug, hoax, cog, gammon, cunning… …
9To impose on — Impose Im*pose , v. i. To practice tricks or deception. [1913 Webster] {To impose on} or {To impose upon}, (a) to pass or put a trick on; to delude; to cheat; to defraud. He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things. Locke. (b) to place… …
10To impose upon — Impose Im*pose , v. i. To practice tricks or deception. [1913 Webster] {To impose on} or {To impose upon}, (a) to pass or put a trick on; to delude; to cheat; to defraud. He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things. Locke. (b) to place… …
