trick
noun
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
had tricked
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past perfectof trick.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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One group said Thursday it had tricked Russian servicemen by offering to activate their Starlinks for payments, but instead transferred the data it garnered on 2,420 terminals to Ukrainian authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
But in another version of events, described in court, former ally Constantin Niyomwungere said he had tricked him onto a plane by making him believe that he would be flying to Burundi.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2021
Nakajima had tricked people with a “cool girl” stereotype to boost his Twitter numbers.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2021
The sense that my mother had tricked my father into marriage made me wonder if he should have married Helen instead.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2021
Less than a month ago, Valerian was bragging about campers he and his friends had tricked into feasting with them, gorging on rotten leaves enchanted to look like delicacies.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
