deceive
Example Sentences
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The former midfield maestro was expected to overhaul Madrid's game with a cerebral and tactically adroit approach, but his team flattered to deceive.
From Barron's
He found ripping turn to deceive Brook, who was lbw on review.
From BBC
According to the etymonline site, as a verb, it originally meant to “ridicule; deceive with a fabrication.”
From Salon
For Ms. Sweeney and Ms. Seyfried it provides an endless variety of opportunities to run through the soap-opera playbook of screaming, cowering, deceiving and attacking depending on the circumstances, which grow increasingly horrifying.
Top executives of subprime auto lender Tricolor were charged in a federal indictment alleging that they deceived the company’s bank lenders and double-pledged collateral ahead of its collapse into bankruptcy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
