the act of causing a person to accept as true or genuine something that is false

practice of misleading

a (real or imitation) bird used to attract others so that they can be caught

bait, trap

(an act of) criminal dishonesty; a person who pretends to be qualified, to have authority or to want to be kind, but who is or does not

trickery, deception

(to deceive a person using) a trick intended to make a person believe something that is not true and act unnecessarily

trick

deception, joke

deception, joke

tricks used to get something one wants

cunning