deceive

Example Sentences

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“It appears that Supermicro has been a victim of the elaborate schemes orchestrated by these individuals, which deceived both federal authorities and our internal compliance team,” Liang wrote in a letter to customers on Tuesday.

From Barron's

"And to take responsibility for being so manipulated and deceived as I was."

From BBC

I was still not sure whether my eyes were deceiving me or not.

From Literature

The move came just hours after the company faced allegations of understating debt and intentionally deceiving shareholders from short-seller firm Muddy Waters.

From Barron's

It was judged on a 3:2 vote that Ramsey's "left foot appears to slip as he goes past the keeper" and that it "wasn't an attempt to deceive the referee".

From BBC