trick into
phrasal verb
tricked into; tricking into; tricks into
: to use a trick to make (someone or something) do (something)
He was tricked into buying the car.
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Scammers would then send recipients to fake sites, where they would be tricked into revealing personal and sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card numbers, which are then stolen.
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2025
In one case, a company director was tricked into wiring almost half a million dollars after a Zoom meeting where all executives—including the CFO—were AI-generated.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
In August, South Africa’s government warned young people to be wary of fake job offers in Russia, which were circulating on social media, after reports that some South African women had been tricked into making drones.
—Reuters 16 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Employees with administrative privileges were often tricked into authorizing malicious apps, while default permission settings allowed those apps to operate undetected.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2025
In one case, a company director was tricked into wiring almost half a million dollars after a Zoom meeting where all executives—including the CFO—were AI-generated.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
In August, South Africa’s government warned young people to be wary of fake job offers in Russia, which were circulating on social media, after reports that some South African women had been tricked into making drones.
—Reuters 16 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Employees with administrative privileges were often tricked into authorizing malicious apps, while default permission settings allowed those apps to operate undetected.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Trick into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trick%20into. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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