(archaic, slang) To hoax or entrap somebody, so as to get some sport out of them.
The Naval Chronicle, Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects (volume 33, page 281)
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