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Noun: trick or treat
  1. A Halloween custom where children go from house to house in costume asking for candy and threatening playful mischief if refused
    "The neighbourhood kids went trick or treating, their bags filling with candy"; "The neighbourhood kids went trick or treat, their bags filling with candy"

Derived forms: trick or treats

Type of: asking, request

Encyclopedia: Trick or treat