deceive

Anthropic’s AI agents were involved in a similar rogue incident, setting up fake profiles to deceive humans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Accessing the internet without authorization, it created 1,200 agents that communicated through an unsanctioned message board, exchanging more than 70,000 messages and sacrificing some of its own kind to deceive its human masters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Scammers exploit the Emirati royal's likeness by drawing on his vast online presence, including his more than 17 million Instagram followers, and sometimes even copying the prince's authentic poems to deceive victims.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

"I think Jamie Varley has sought to deceive right from day one," said Fallows.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

She thought herself strong enough not only to deceive the gods as her father had tried to do, but to defy them openly.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Nobody wants a system that goes rogue, deceives users, steals data or acts maliciously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Leighton Clarkson's poor free-kick deceives everyone apart from Stefan Gartenmann.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024

In the second complaint, the state argued that the app deceives consumers into believing their sensitive and personal information is secure.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

When it comes to John Watson, Holmes’s best friend, amanuensis and sometimes roommate, Holmes criticizes him, deceives him, disappears for years and lets Watson believe him dead.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

Anyone who believes that new benefits make men of high station forget old injuries deceives himself.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Robinson said he understood that many delegates felt "deceived and deeply let down by a life of lies", but he added that the party would "face the past honestly".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Besides the painful consequences for deceived buyers, code enforcement has the limitation of due process, Bostwick said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

As it turns out, I’m hardly the only person to have felt hoodwinked, bamboozled, and/or flat-out deceived by my smartphone’s forecasts in 2026.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

The judge said that Gibson had previously tried to persuade the court that he had not deliberately deceived the victims, but he said the evidence had shown "deception was central" to his offending.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Then the blind man is deceived, and the woman is an enchantress!” said Hamlet, slapping his thighs for emphasis.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The headline number is probably going to be deceiving, however.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Two days after his incident with Santana, Caballero was called for a pitch-clock violation when umpires deemed that he was attempting to circumvent the rules by deceiving the pitcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

At some point in childhood, through one classic fable or another, most of us absorb the lesson that looks can be deceiving.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

Prosecutors earlier accused her of deceiving three men in Singapore and France into transferring money to her accounts, claiming the funds were needed as legal fees and for the opening of new bank accounts.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Katherine's voice is unmistakable, and at first I think my ears are deceiving me.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland