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   De·ceive

   /dəˈsēv/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of a person) cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage: "I didn't intend to deceive people into thinking it was French champagne" Similar swindledefraudcheattrickhoodwinkhoaxdupetake inmisleaddeludefooloutwitmisguidelead oninveigleseduceensnareentrapbeguiledouble-crossgullinformal:conbamboozledostingdiddlerip offshaftbilkrookpull a fast one onpull someone's legtake for a ridepull the wool over someone's eyesthrow dust in someone's eyesput one over ontake to the cleanersfiddleswizzlesell a pup tosuckersnookerstiffeuchrebuncohornswogglepull a swifty onarchaic:cozensharprare:mulct
   • ▪ (of a thing) give a mistaken impression: "the area may seem to offer nothing of interest, but don't be deceived"
   • ▪ fail to admit to oneself that something is true: "enabling the rulers to deceive themselves about the nature of their own rule"
   • ▪ be sexually unfaithful to (one's regular partner): "he had deceived her with another woman" Similar be unfaithful tobe disloyal tobe untrue tobe inconstant tocheat oncheatbetraybreak one's promise toplay someone falsefaillet downinformal:two-time

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French deceivre, from Latin decipere ‘catch, ensnare, cheat’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. deceivable adjective
   • 2. deceiver noun

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