deceivers

Definition of deceiversnext
plural of deceiver

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Noun
  • First up was Ben Shapiro, who described Tucker Carlson and others as grifters and charlatans, guilty of misleading their audiences with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
    Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The usual hypocrites had an absolute freak out.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Swindling hypocrites are having a moment this season.
    Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • To tell the truly venomous from the fakers, there are a couple details to help distinguish the two.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And when stuck in this uncomfortable space, people who feel like impostors are likely to become defensive and feel pressured to be a hero.
    John M. LaVelle, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Now, artificial intelligence has become the latest battleground for digital impostors.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Satire is brilliant for exposing the folly of humans, especially those in power and those working in bad faith—the hypocrites and the frauds—and can be particularly potent when set in irrational or dystopic times.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Notice how these two Third World frauds are in federal custody, not state.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This is the part of the season when the real teams separate themselves from the phonies, and right now the Colts look fraudulent.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Today, the same fakes can be flagged using AI developed by a company called N2N Services, said Claudia Lee, Golden West College’s vice president of student services.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Morrisseau’s work, in particular, was the focus of what is believed to be the largest forgery ring of all time, in which several thousand fakes were illegitimately authenticated and sold around the world.
    Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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