The phrase "as a trick for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a method or tactic employed to deceive or manipulate someone for a specific purpose.
Example: "He used the distraction as a trick for getting away unnoticed."
Alternatives: "as a ruse for" or "as a ploy for".
As a trick for making urban environments look respectable it is effective.
For the moment, Hamas rejects the idea as a trick for Mr Abbas and his foreign friends to undermine the elected government.
East won with his ace (West dropping the jack) and led a fourth diamond, which promoted the spade ten as a trick for his partner, the fourth defensive winner.
Don't use this as a trick for people to think you're a real tree, they will think you are a real tree if you stay very still.
"When the switch is off, it's clear, but reads as translucent". Not a trick for Sheetrock.
Ultimately, it might even be possible to replace the flammable electrolyte with a nonflammable one, but such batteries have proved difficult to develop (see "Solid-State Batteries," "Building Cars Out of Batteries Isn't as Crazy as It Sounds," and "A Trick for Making Batteries Safer Could Also Make EVs Affordable").
A barman (or "molecular mixologist/ close-up magician" as his website describes him) doing a trick for me, before getting back to making me another free cocktail, which is what I really wanted.
But the government announcement, due to be unveiled in a white paper, was immediately condemned by the National Pensioners Convention as a "con trick" for future generations.
And when you think about it, that makes a lot of sense: gamification has long been seen as a useful trick for engaging people to learn, and not all games are based on dexterity; many are based on knowledge and information.
When I was little, my sister Kate used to play the recorder really loudly down my deaf ear as a party trick for her friends.
At this year's four-day convention, my days were filled with educational workshops like Human Pup Play: Where to Go From Here, Feel the Pressure (a pressure point workshop), Puppy 201: Obedience, and tutorials focused on safety tips, as well as tricks for entering and staying in the Pup headspace outside of CLAW.
