deceiver

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Recent Examples of deceiver Islamic eschatology warned of a deceiver who distorts perception, blurring reality. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Famously, the Wizard is a charlatan in every version of the text.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
  • No matter the party affiliation, there’ll be charlatans claiming to care, while smooth-talking their way into the homes of hard-working people who struggle.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • The thing was, the rapper was not there, instead sending an imposter the way that the late MF Doom used to do.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The total number of business imposter and government imposter reports filed by older adults with a loss of $10,000 or more reached 8,269 reports in 2024, up from 1,790 in 2020, according to the FTC.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Social media immediately ran to her comments, with some calling her out as a hypocrite.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But in 1920, that all changed when Edward Clarke and Elizabeth Tyler (marketing experts and morality hypocrites) were taken on.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Deceiver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceiver. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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