trick
noun
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
has tricked
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present perfectof trick (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"A panto-what?" asks Sutherland's "difficult" and ageing action hero Brad Mack, who has fallen on hard times and whose agent has tricked him into thinking he's starring in prestigious English theatre.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
Society has tricked us into thinking we love the bland useless fish, always marketed as the key to happiness and being eternally fit.
From Salon ● May 30, 2023
A remarkably warm winter has tricked some trees and plants into blooming early, which could doom them if a cold snap hits, horticulturalists and arborists in the D.C. area say.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
And in Europe, Spain has tricked out its high-speed rail with the latest in automated signaling so that train cars can communicate with each other as often and easily as two retirees at a diner.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021
I am not caught by polis or dogs, not this time, but by this man who has tricked me.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
