other words for deceive
- betray
- cheat
- circumvent
- defraud
- delude
- disappoint
- dupe
- entrap
- falsify
- fool
- hoodwink
- swindle
- trick
- victimize
- bamboozle
- beat
- beguile
- bilk
- buffalo
- burn
- clip
- con
- cozen
- ensnare
- fake
- fleece
- gouge
- gull
- hoax
- hook
- humbug
- outwit
- rob
- scam
- screw
- sell
- skin
- beat out of
- cross up
- double-cross
- impose upon
- lead on
- play joke on
- pull fast one
- put on
- suck in
- take advantage of
- take for
- take for ride
- take in
- take to cleaners
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Well, when it comes to jobs reports in this pandemic, looks can be deceiving.
Apple is also accused of deceiving consumers about the headphones’ durability and sweat-resistance.
Well, as far as we can tell, the earliest meaning of bamboozle was "to deceive by trickery, hoodwink," which is why some believe that it arose among the criminals of the underworld.
The most serious allegation in the report suggests district administrators deceived a credit rating agency before issuing millions of dollars of bonds in 2018.
The most damning section of the audit suggests that district administrators knowingly deceived a credit rating agency just before they issued millions of dollars in bonds.
So that was one example where it was very clear that Xi was deceiving the United States.
Come now, dont try to deceive me, for you know you cannot do it.
I deceive myself—they will come to a decision; and the human heart is so formed, that it will place interest before conscience.
If my ear does not deceive me, your accomplice has opened the doors.
I dare not deceive you, although to keep such faith I may be compelled to deceive a hundred others.
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