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1. Subject to a playful hoax or joke
   - hoax, pull someone's leg
    
2. Deceive somebody
   "We played a joke on the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week";
   - flim-flam, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on, hose [N. Amer], sucker [N. Amer]

Derived forms: played a joke on, plays a joke on, playing a joke on

Type of: cozen, deceive, delude, lead on