cheap, cruel, dirty, mean, nasty
The press accused the president of dirty tricks in his election campaign.

stupid
funny
little
con (informal), confidence (both BrE)

play, pull, try, use
We decided to play a little trick on the teacher.

fall for
She won't fall for such a stupid trick.

know, learn
He's learned a trick or two in his time working in the tax office.

work

question

a trick of the light
A trick of the light made it look like she was pregnant.

a trick or two
I could teach him a trick or two (= show him a better way to do things).

every trick in the book (= all methods, honest or not)

special
clever, good, neat
Another neat trick is to add lemon peel to the water.

handy, nifty (informal), useful
old
He used the old trick of attacking in order to defend himself.

real
The real trick is predicting the market two years down the line.

trick for
a trick for getting out red wine stains

trick to
There's no trick to it—you just need lots of practice.

have a trick up your sleeve (= a plan to use if necessary)
I have a few tricks up my sleeve.

the trick is to …
The trick is to keep your body still and your arms relaxed.

the tricks of the trade

clever, difficult
simple
card, conjuring, disappearing, magic
parlour/parlor (old-fashioned, esp. AmE), party
camera
rhetorical
These rhetorical tricks are common in political speeches.

accounting
the kinds of accounting tricks that get CEOs into trouble

do, employ, perform
Very few camera tricks are employed.

learn
teach sb

work

photography

(you can't) teach an old dog new tricks (= it is difficult to make people change their ideas, etc.)