as in tricked
to cause to believe what is untrue
he went to great lengths to deceive his family about the nature of his new job at the mall
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Recent Examples of deceived
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
While many followers recognized the scam early on, some were deceived and suffered financial loss.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Abusers and traffickers are exploiting this lack of oversight—leaving women coerced, deceived, and sometimes poisoned.
—Christa Brown, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
One tool deleted a startup's entire client database on its own and deceived the user multiple times along the way.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Andor hates him on sight, which only intensifies when Berend smacks around his mother and tears up the apartment looking for proof that Klára has deceived the boy with idealized fictions about his origins.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Disgruntled shareholders file securities class action suits, claiming they were deceived.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
In a statement released by his lawyer, El Mayo claimed he was deceived by one of El Chapo’s sons and a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel himself, Joaquín Guzmán López, who lured him to the United States under false pretenses.
—Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Don’t be deceived by soil that looks dark and moist.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Boeing previously admitted that two of its 737 MAX flight technical pilots deceived the Federal Aviation Administration’s aircraft evaluation group about an aircraft part known as MCAS that affected the flight control system of the Boeing 737 MAX.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
While many followers recognized the scam early on, some were deceived and suffered financial loss.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Abusers and traffickers are exploiting this lack of oversight—leaving women coerced, deceived, and sometimes poisoned.
—Christa Brown, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
One tool deleted a startup's entire client database on its own and deceived the user multiple times along the way.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Andor hates him on sight, which only intensifies when Berend smacks around his mother and tears up the apartment looking for proof that Klára has deceived the boy with idealized fictions about his origins.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Disgruntled shareholders file securities class action suits, claiming they were deceived.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
In a statement released by his lawyer, El Mayo claimed he was deceived by one of El Chapo’s sons and a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel himself, Joaquín Guzmán López, who lured him to the United States under false pretenses.
—Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Don’t be deceived by soil that looks dark and moist.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceived
Verb
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According to Noguera, Naso tricked Lambson by posing as a photographer for the Oakland A's, arranging to meet her at Fisherman's Wharf before driving her to Mount Tam, where her body was later discovered.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Tech support scams in which consumers are tricked by scammers into believing there is a problem with their computers that require the expensive services of scammers posing as customer support employees for the major tech companies constitute a major problem.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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
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The fact that Putin even thought that the U.S. needs the Russian economy shows how deluded Putin still is.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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After driving his team to the 1-yard line, Fields fooled the entire Steelers defense on a fourth down, faking a handoff and then high-stepping into the end zone untouched to take a 32-31 lead.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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And don’t be fooled by their small size — these dishes hold a surprising amount of food.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Well, they haven't been misled.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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But don’t be misled into thinking Burnham’s been typecast his whole career long.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Lauber ruled that discounted cash flow valuation of land is erroneous as a matter of law.—
Peter J Reilly,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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One subject of a Raffi Khatchadourian piece complained that multiple details about his life were made up and demanded to know what idiot had given Khatchadourian the erroneous details.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Deceived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceived. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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