The word 'prank' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a practical joke or an act meant to deceive or trick someone. For example: "The boys planned a prank on the teacher to surprise him during class."
"I am very aware that some have questioned whether the number plates were in some way a prank.
The highly anticipated report found the prank breached the commercial radio code of practice in three ways.
The BBC press office's statement directly contradicted Khawaja's explanation of a prank, saying the accidental tweet had been linked to the training exercise.
Illsley recalls: "I remember calls in the dead of night from some pickets saying: 'We've got here but there's nought but broken windows.'" David (now Lord Huntthoughthishis appointment as coal minister was a prank.
But when Nick Pettigrew, a writer for spoof online newspaper, the Daily Mash, tweeted a prank message saying he needed ABBA to get a university place – and quoting Abba lyrics – some universities didn't get the joke.
The messy prank is known as "glitter-bombing" – although there's no threat of an explosion or physical danger as with a real bomb.
This is Mark Zuckerberg's office on day one, after a hilarious office prank involving balls and giant fish.
This item was amended on 23 April to reflect Brett Ratner's retraction of his statement on James Packer's citizenship After a two-and-a-half-year legal battle the Australian Media and Communications Authority has released its report into 2Day FM's royal prank call.
CBS Cleveland: Volunteers at the Warren County Democratic headquarters, just north of Cincinnati, were shocked and disappointed by a political prank unloaded on them early Tuesday morning – someone dumped a pile of horse manure in the parking lot of the headquarters building on US 42, just north of Lebanon.
I marked with disgust the helpless mirth of the fellow actors at each successive prank.
The radio station which aired the prank in December 2012 has used every legal avenue available to suppress the investigation but the high court ruled the report could finally be released.
