Verb: play tricks
- Deceive somebody
"The magician played tricks on the audience";
- flimflam [informal], play a joke on, trick, fob [archaic], fox, pull a fast one on [informal], play a trick on, hose [N. Amer, informal], pull a fast one [informal], take for a ride [informal], sucker [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: played tricks, playing tricks, plays tricks