English > deceive: 2 senses > verb 1, socialMeaning | Be false to; be dishonest with. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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Synonyms | lead on, delude, cozen |
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Entailed by | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
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Narrower | betray, sell | deliver to an enemy by treachery |
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cheat, chisel | Engage in deceitful behavior |
cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander | Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage |
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up | Take or catch as if in a snare or trap |
flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on | deceive somebody |
fool, gull, befool | make a fool or dupe of |
hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on | subject to a playful hoax or joke |
humbug | trick or deceive |
shill | act as a shill |
Broader | victimize, victimise | make a victim / victim of |
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Spanish | burlar, engañar |
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Catalan | enganyar, enredar |
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Adjectives | deceptive | designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently |
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deceptive | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true |
Nouns | deception | the act of deceiving / deceiving |
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deception | a misleading falsehood |
English > deceive: 2 senses > verb 2, communicationMeaning | Cause someone to believe an untruth. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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Example | "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" |
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Synonyms | betray, lead astray |
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Narrower | bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false | conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end |
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gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across | fool or hoax |
pose, impersonate, personate | pretend to be someone you are not |
Broader | misinform, mislead | Give false / false or misleading information to |
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Opposite | undeceive | Free from deception or illusion |
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Spanish | confundir, engañar |
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Catalan | enganyar |
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Adjectives | deceptive | designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently |
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deceptive | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true |
Nouns | deceiver | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
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deception | the act of deceiving / deceiving |