as in tricks
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 deceives
The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceives
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Still, nothing tricks us into the spirit of autumn quite like scent.—
Raquel Reichard,
Refinery29,
1 Oct. 2025
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The interference has included both jamming—overpowering communications with strong radio signals—and spoofing, which tricks receivers into misreading their location or even the time.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Omitting that complexity misleads policy, funding, and medical care.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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False fall is a brief cool-down in late August or early September that often misleads people.—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Deceives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceives. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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