TRICK Copy link • TRICK 1. s. ars: dolus: artificium: techna (comedy). To play tricks, dolos nectere, procudere (comedy): a juggling trick, praestigiae (deception, delusion): circulatoriae praestigiae (of a juggler; Tert., Apol., 23): fabula (as it were, a comedy, which one plays for the purpose of deceiving; e.g., Cornicinius ad suam veterem fabulam rediit, Cic., Att., 4, 2, 4); at cards, *paginae (lusoriae) captae, or captandae. 2. v. To deceive, fraude or dolo capere: eludere: fucum facere alicui: fraudare: fraudem or tallaciam alicui facere. To trick anybody out of anything, aliquem fraudare or defraudare aliqua re; out of money, aliquem circumducere or circumvertere argento: aliquem emungere argento: perfabricare aliquem (all comedy). To adorn, exornare. Vid: ADORN.