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deceiveverb to cause to believe what is untruehe went to great lengths to deceive his family about the nature of his new job at the mall bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on(chiefly British), hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, sucker, suck in, take in, trick kid, put on, teasebleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, fleece, flimflam, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle do a number on, lead one down the garden path(also lead one up the garden path), pull one's leg, pull the wool over one's eyes undeceive debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmaskdisclose, divulge, tell, unveildisabuse, disenchant, disillusion deceive, mislead, delude, beguile mean to lead astray or frustrate usually by underhandedness.deceive implies imposing a false idea or belief that causes ignorance, bewilderment, or helplessness.tried to deceive me about the cost mislead implies a leading astray that may or may not be intentional.I was misled by the confusing sign delude implies deceiving so thoroughly as to obscure the truth.we were deluded into thinking we were safe beguile stresses the use of charm and persuasion in deceiving.was beguiled by false promises in the 13th century |