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

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In his book, Payne writes that several of the sponsors whom Ueberroth cajoled to spend heavily were irked when the Games wound up with a profit, saying they felt tricked into writing bigger checks to promote Ueberroth’s image. —Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 21 July 2024

Unfortunately, every year hundreds of thousands of people in the United States either ignore that golden rule or are tricked into answering. —Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 17 June 2024

Effectively, the developers of these apps have consented to or have been tricked into using an SDK that enrolls the device of any user running the app in a residential proxy network. —Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2024

Don't be tricked into putting down money upfront via a digital wallet, like CashApp, to book a room. —Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024