play a trick on

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The whistleblower affair also led a disgruntled Barclays customer to play a trick on Mr Staley by emailing him in the guise of the bank's then chairman, John McFarlane.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2021

But unbeknownst to the guesser, the group has decided to play a trick on him.

From Scientific American • Jun. 9, 2018

I’d worked with some of the crew a few months before on The Mummy, and they knew I was scared of Ollie so they decided to play a trick on me.

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2016

And all you have to do is play a trick on the desperate and jobless!

From Inc • Jul. 22, 2010

Once she tried to play a trick on some of the dead Scholars, by switching around the coins in their skulls so they were with the wrong daemons.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman