as in misleading
tending or having power to deceive
the deceiving nature of most flat maps of the globe causes some people to believe erroneously that Greenland is actually bigger than South America
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as in tricking
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 deceiving
Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Opening arguments are set to begin Tuesday's in the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly deceiving tens of millions of customers into signing up for Prime and thwarting their attempts to cancel it.
—Matthew J. Belvedere,jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
But looks can be deceiving and this Aunt Gladys has some sinister motives.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
Topline The Federal Trade Commission and seven states filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation on Thursday, accusing the ticket sellers of deceiving artists and consumers by allowing consumers to buy large numbers of tickets and resell them for much higher prices.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The honeymoon phase can be deceiving.
—Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
Share your horror at learning that this person is deceiving family members and basically stealing from them.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The Poquianchis recruited young girls from nearby towns and farms, deceiving families with false promises of work or abducting girls when alone.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Federal prosecutors accused him of deceiving investors and lenders.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Few things in life are more deceiving than a Week 1 game, especially those played in a rainstorm on the other side of an ocean.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Two culinary pros gave us the real scoop about how certain vanilla bean ice creams have been deceiving us all these years.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Opening arguments are set to begin Tuesday's in the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly deceiving tens of millions of customers into signing up for Prime and thwarting their attempts to cancel it.
—Matthew J. Belvedere,jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
But looks can be deceiving and this Aunt Gladys has some sinister motives.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
Topline The Federal Trade Commission and seven states filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation on Thursday, accusing the ticket sellers of deceiving artists and consumers by allowing consumers to buy large numbers of tickets and resell them for much higher prices.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The honeymoon phase can be deceiving.
—Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
Share your horror at learning that this person is deceiving family members and basically stealing from them.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The Poquianchis recruited young girls from nearby towns and farms, deceiving families with false promises of work or abducting girls when alone.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Federal prosecutors accused him of deceiving investors and lenders.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceiving
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Despite these accounts, Day offered a very different picture in an opinion piece published by The Oregonian on Sunday, arguing that national media coverage of Portland and its police paint a misleading and outdated picture.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The apparent protective effect of dopamine agonist drugs could also be misleading.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Give them reasons to keep reading, don’t try tricking them into it.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Regulators argue Amazon broke competition and consumer protection laws by tricking customers into subscribing to Prime.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Specifically, the four customers argued that Hershey's violated Florida Deceptive And Unfair Trade Practices Act, which is designed to protect Floridians from unfair competition, deceptive acts and unethical practices.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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In recent years, users have increasingly been taking to court to challenge allegedly deceptive practices by Amazon.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Instead of fooling millions of people individually, attackers need only to compromise one AI model to reach millions at once.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Your press release isn’t fooling anyone.—
Roberta Matuson,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Evaluating defamation claims where the report contains demonstrably false factual assertions.—
Tim Reynolds,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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However, as several independent experts interviewed by NPR note, that claim is false.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Deceiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceiving. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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