WordNet
v. deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" [syn: trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on]
Usage examples of "play a trick on".
And then one day they get four hlessil wished on them by the Council, and the next evening Bugloss isn't very quick in the uptake for some reason, and suddenly these hlessil play a trick on him and bunk.
Car-gill's mind kept trying to play a trick on him, kept trying to put solidity where there was nothing but form.
Not because he was afraid that the old man would play a trick on him but because he realized the uncertainty and confusion which would be caused by two contradictory orders following each other in short succession.
Maklos caught up with them, grinning like a boy ready to play a trick on his rival.
Ross and I are cousins, and it is true that we were hand-in-glove, but only to play a trick on Sir Gareth.
Alake's tone reminded me of times when we'd try to get the elf maid to agree to play a trick on our governess.