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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These plants bloom when the days grow short in fall and they can be tricked into reblooming by reducing light levels and lowering the temperature.
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Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 7 Jan. 2026
Tim and Lucy had to be pushed and literally tricked into having that meeting.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
South Africa’s government said this month that 17 of its citizens were stuck in Ukraine’s Donbas region after being tricked into fighting for mercenary forces under the pretext of lucrative employment contracts.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
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.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2025
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Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 7 Jan. 2026
Tim and Lucy had to be pushed and literally tricked into having that meeting.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
South Africa’s government said this month that 17 of its citizens were stuck in Ukraine’s Donbas region after being tricked into fighting for mercenary forces under the pretext of lucrative employment contracts.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
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.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trick into
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“Trick into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trick%20into. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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