as in fooled
to cause to believe what is untrue
you tricked me into thinking my ex wasn't coming to the party tonight
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Recent Examples of tricked
Susan Tompor, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
According to the outlet and several videos circulating on social media, Mojito tricked pedestrians by pretending to inject them with a syringe in a series of viral videos.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
But in addition to his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was also a con man, a skilled liar who came from a family of actors and who over the course of his life manipulated and tricked countless people to maintain wealth and status.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
He will not be coaxed, tricked, or trapped.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
The consumer is led to believe there is a fraudulent activity involving their account — and they're tricked with working with a scammer to fix a fake problem.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
While ChatGPT has safeguards that block attempts to generate government IDs, the hackers tricked the system.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Although Louverture had resigned from his position as governor-general of the colony in May, in June 1802 one of Leclerc’s generals tricked Louverture into a meeting, summarily arrested him, along with his wife and children, and then forced them all onto a ship destined for France.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
An Arizona inmate tricked court officials into releasing him more than two decades early by filing fake orders allegedly dismissing his charges.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The consumer is led to believe there is a fraudulent activity involving their account — and they're tricked with working with a scammer to fix a fake problem.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
According to the outlet and several videos circulating on social media, Mojito tricked pedestrians by pretending to inject them with a syringe in a series of viral videos.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
But in addition to his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was also a con man, a skilled liar who came from a family of actors and who over the course of his life manipulated and tricked countless people to maintain wealth and status.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
He will not be coaxed, tricked, or trapped.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
The consumer is led to believe there is a fraudulent activity involving their account — and they're tricked with working with a scammer to fix a fake problem.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
While ChatGPT has safeguards that block attempts to generate government IDs, the hackers tricked the system.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Although Louverture had resigned from his position as governor-general of the colony in May, in June 1802 one of Leclerc’s generals tricked Louverture into a meeting, summarily arrested him, along with his wife and children, and then forced them all onto a ship destined for France.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
An Arizona inmate tricked court officials into releasing him more than two decades early by filing fake orders allegedly dismissing his charges.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricked
Verb
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Super blue moons can also occur, but don’t be fooled by the name.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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Do not be fooled by Celine’s chic bob; the woman is an agent of chaos.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But first, Dawgs will have to prove a number of requirements, including whether the misleading statements deceived or had the ability to deceive consumers, and, if yes, whether that deception had a material effect on consumer purchasing decisions.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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Unfortunately, bank customers aren't always reimbursed when they're hit by some scams, including when they're deceived into making a payment to a con artist, such as in a romance scam.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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My homies then were deluded, too.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Bob had to be valiant, dictatorial, curious, ever listening, wily, playful, deluded, strategic, flirtatious, fallible, political, and willing to protect and persevere against all doubters, critics, compass navigators, naysayers well intentioned or not.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Engineers outfitted the device with a heater to melt ice in the winter, a customization that should improve accuracy during Arizona’s freeze-thaw cycles that have long created erroneous measurements.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Vedra and other debt law experts said a high rate of default judgments indicates a system that favors the pursuers over the pursued — and increases the chances someone will be harmed by an erroneous bill.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Tricked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricked. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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