Short
Short verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
Usage example: charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years
Trick
Trick verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Both words in one sentence
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Instead of doing one massively impressive trick, his act generally consists of doing a bunch of smaller tricks in a short amount of time.
Source: Series / America's Got Talent -
The Pixar short Presto revolves around this trick, where the rabbit happens to be a Bugs Bunny Expy.
Source: Pull a Rabbit out of My Hat - In short, Obi-wan tries a trick against Maul, is then expecting and counters when Anakin tries it on him, and then Anakin is expecting it when figting Luke.
Source: It Only Works Once
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