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camouflage
verb. disguise, cover
  • beard
  • becloud
  • befog
  • cloak
  • conceal
  • cover up
  • deceive
  • dim
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • dress up
  • hide
  • mask
  • obfuscate
  • obscure
  • screen
  • throw on makeup
  • veil

cheat
verb. defraud, fool
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • beguile
  • bilk
  • bleed
  • bunco
  • burn
  • caboodle
  • chisel
  • con
  • cozen
  • crib
  • cross
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • diddle
  • do
  • do a number on
  • double-cross
  • double-deal
  • dupe
  • fast talk
  • finagle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fudge
  • give bum steer
  • gouge
  • gyp
  • hoodwink
  • hose
  • jerk around
  • milk
  • mislead
  • pull one's leg
  • ream
  • rip off
  • rook
  • rope in
  • sandbag
  • scam
  • screw
  • shaft
  • short
  • shuck
  • skin
  • snow
  • stiff
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • take out
  • trick
  • trim
  • two-time
  • victimize

circumvent
verb. fool, mislead
  • avoid
  • beat
  • beguile
  • bilk
  • bypass
  • circumnavigate
  • cramp
  • crimp
  • deceive
  • detour
  • disappoint
  • dodge
  • dupe
  • elude
  • ensnare
  • entrap
  • escape
  • evade
  • foil
  • frustrate
  • get around
  • hoodwink
  • outflank
  • outwit
  • overreach
  • prevent
  • queer
  • ruin
  • shun
  • sidestep
  • skirt
  • stave off
  • steer clear of
  • stump
  • stymie
  • thwart
  • trick
  • ward off

decoy
verb. bait, entrap
  • allure
  • come on
  • con
  • deceive
  • delude
  • egg one on
  • ensnare
  • ensorcell
  • entice
  • fascinate
  • inveigle
  • lead on
  • lead up garden path
  • lure
  • mislead
  • mousetrap
  • rope in
  • seduce
  • shill
  • steer
  • suck in
  • tempt
  • toll
  • tout
  • trap
  • wile

defraud
verb. cheat, bilk
  • bamboozle
  • beguile
  • burn
  • chouse
  • circumvent
  • clip
  • con
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • delude
  • do
  • do number on
  • do out of
  • dupe
  • embezzle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • foil
  • hoax
  • jive
  • milk
  • outwit
  • pilfer
  • pull fast one
  • rip off
  • rob
  • shaft
  • shuck
  • stick
  • sucker into
  • swindle
  • take
  • take in
  • take to the cleaner's
  • trick
  • victimize

disappoint
verb. sadden, dismay; frustrate
  • abort
  • baffle
  • balk
  • bring to naught
  • bungle
  • cast down
  • chagrin
  • circumvent
  • come to nothing
  • dash
  • dash hopes
  • deceive
  • delude
  • disconcert
  • disenchant
  • disgruntle
  • dishearten
  • disillusion
  • dissatisfy
  • dumbfound
  • embitter
  • fail
  • fall down on
  • fall flat
  • fall short of
  • foil
  • founder
  • hamper
  • hinder
  • leave in the lurch
  • let down
  • miscarry
  • mislead
  • not show
  • put out
  • ruin prospects
  • stand up
  • tease
  • thwart
  • torment
  • vex

disguise
verb. mask; misrepresent
  • affect
  • age
  • alter
  • antique
  • assume
  • beard
  • belie
  • camouflage
  • change
  • cloak
  • color
  • conceal
  • counterfeit
  • cover
  • cover up
  • deceive
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • doctor up
  • dress up
  • fake
  • falsify
  • feign
  • front
  • fudge
  • garble
  • gloss over
  • hide
  • make like
  • make up
  • masquerade
  • muffle
  • obfuscate
  • obscure
  • pretend
  • put on a false front
  • put on a front
  • put on an act
  • put up a front
  • redo
  • screen
  • secrete
  • sham
  • shroud
  • simulate
  • touch up
  • varnish
  • veil
  • wear cheaters
  • whitewash

dissimulate
verb. conceal, disguise
  • beard
  • camouflage
  • cloak
  • deceive
  • dissemble
  • dress up
  • fake
  • feign
  • hide
  • make-believe
  • mask
  • present a false face
  • present a false front
  • pretend

distort
verb. deform; falsify
  • alter
  • angle
  • belie
  • bend
  • bias
  • buckle
  • change
  • collapse
  • color
  • con
  • contort
  • crush
  • curve
  • deceive
  • decline
  • deteriorate
  • deviate
  • disfigure
  • doctor
  • fake
  • fudge
  • garble
  • gnarl
  • knot
  • lie
  • make out like
  • mangle
  • melt
  • misconstrue
  • misinterpret
  • misrepresent
  • misshape
  • pervert
  • phony up
  • put one on
  • sag
  • scam
  • slant
  • slump
  • snow
  • torture
  • trump up
  • twist
  • warp
  • whitewash
  • wind
  • wrench
  • writhe
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Word Origin & History

deceive c.1300, from O.Fr. deceveir, from L. decipere "to ensnare, take in," from de- "from" or pejorative + capere "to take" (see capable).

Example Sentences for deceive

I have more than once tried to deceive you, but you will feel that I am not now speaking falsely.

But even in early manhood he never sought to deceive himself.

At the last push of fate Shakespeare will pose and deceive himself.

She tries to deceive Caesar as to her wealth, and is shamed by her treasurer Seleucus.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

In short, when a person is always to deceive, it is impossible to be consistent.

It is undoubtedly better to deceive him entirely, and since he will be stubborn he must be tricked.

"I would not deceive her, or any woman living, upon any account," said Vivian.

My father does not know my mind sufficiently, therefore he may deceive you; but I will not.

Oh, Virginia, my love, do not deceive yourself; do not deceive us so terribly.

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