English > delude: 1 sense > verb 1, social| Meaning | Be false to; be dishonest with. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | deceive, lead on, 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 | delusive | inappropriate to reality or facts |
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| delusory | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true |
| Nouns | delusion | the act of deluding |
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| delusion | a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea |
| delusion | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary |
