Difference between trick and moralhighground

Definitions

noun

1. a cunning or deceitful action or device
2. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
3. a prostitute's customer
4. an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
5. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

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verb

1. deceive somebody

Examples

Three hours packed with a quick-fire century, a couple of bouncers, two-thirds of a hat-trick, a dropped catch, several bowled wickets and innumerable fours and sixers.

The engine on the X-51, called a supersonic-combustion ramjet, or "scramjet," pulls off a couple of especially tricky tasks.

I was watching the match in a pub without sound, and I had forgotten about it, so it was not until I got home that I realised that Langer had taken a hat trick, and that was why the West Indian fieldsmen all looked so pleased.

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