deceive
Example Sentences
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Now they are able to do more damage using artificial intelligence to simulate fake grassroots opposition to clean air measures, and they are surreptitiously using the identities of real people to deceive regulators.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
“This echo chamber was used to deceive you.”
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
"Fraudsters are using increasingly sophisticated social engineering tactics to deceive customers, often impersonating trusted institutions to gain access to information and account," the company said.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
People who fabricate research or deceive the public deserve scrutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
“Do you want me then,” said Estella, turning suddenly with a fixed and serious, if not angry, look, “to deceive and entrap you?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.