something done in order to deceive or done to make a person appear ridiculous; a practical joke; a feat of skill with the hands
deceit
Cases of word usage
1) the cheat; trick (a person) (bamboozle)
2) to trick (a person) out of what is rightly hers or his (defraud)
3) to trick a person into accepting a useless article etc (foist)
4) (to deceive a person using) a trick intended to make a person believe something that is not true and act unnecessarily (hoax)
5) to deceive or trick (a person) (hoodwink)
6) a playful or mischievous trick (prank)
7) a clever but deceitful way of doing something; trick (ruse)
8) (the use of) a trick to deceive a person (stratagem)
