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.

Examples of trick into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Hong Kong, a finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake AI technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to local police. —Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024

During the investigation, deputies learned that Alberts had allegedly been tricked into signing over her home in the wealthy Santa Barbara County neighborhood. —Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2024

Later as part of that same scam, the Troy man was tricked into handing over his credit union information. —Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2024

Users can be tricked into giving up the one-time codes that some MFA solutions depend upon. —Atul Tulshibagwale, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024

Nix can be tricked into forcing throws to his first read, which can lead to some bad incompletions. —Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024

According to the outlet, the actor maintained his innocence throughout the ordeal, and even filed legal action claiming that he was blackmailed and tricked into taking the drugs. —Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 27 Dec. 2023

The health care sector, which ranked first in 2022, ranked second last year, with third place belonging to professional services, which includes social engineering attacks such as phishing scams where victims are tricked into providing sensitive information. —María Soledad Davila Calero, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024

In an extreme case, researchers showed how an AI could be tricked into identifying a plastic turtle as a rifle. —David Hambling, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024