deceives

VERB

mislead; be dishonest

Synonyms

STRONGEST

betray cheat circumvent defraud delude disappoint dupe entrap falsify fool hoodwink swindle trick victimize

STRONG

bamboozle beat beguile bilk buffalo burn clip con cozen ensnare fake fleece gouge gull hoax hook humbug outwit rob scam screw sell skin

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist help protect support

STRONG

be honest give let go offer release

Example Sentences

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He concluded his comments by reciting a poem by Pushkin - If Life Deceives You -which speaks of having the patience to know that better days are ahead, the AFP news agency reported.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024

Now Hundreds are discovered in one Shire; and, if Fame Deceives us not, in a Village of Fourteen Houses in the North, are found so many of this Damned Brood.

From The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches by Mather, Cotton

O HYPOCRITES! how oft your wily art Deceives the world and causes poignant smart.

From Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete by La Fontaine, Jean de

Deceives me? no, not a bit of it.

From Eden An Episode by Saltus, Edgar

Deceives her Husband with her cunning Wiles, And Cheats his Scenses with her feigned Smiles.

From The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony: Responses from Men by Various