1
as in tricked
to cause to believe what is untrue
my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday
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2
as in evaded
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement
used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender
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Verb
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Hershey's customers weren't really tricked by Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins, a judge has ruled.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Although Louverture had resigned from his position as governor-general of the colony in May, in June 1802 one of Leclerc’s generals tricked Louverture into a meeting, summarily arrested him, along with his wife and children, and then forced them all onto a ship destined for France.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Nevertheless, Herbert evaded two defenders who converged on him.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Sep. 2025
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Washington could’ve easily recorded more, had Smith not evaded a couple of those pressures.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed by the FTC in June 2023 under the Biden administration, alleges that Amazon deceived tens of millions of customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program and sabotaged their attempts to cancel it.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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Soto and her twins say both families were deceived – their family in Chile and their adoptive parents in Italy who didn’t know the girls had been taken away from their biological mother without her consent.—
Rafael Romo,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The cops theorize that Daniel siphoned off the money into his own account and faked his death, with plans to escape with the cash.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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Courtland Sutton ate up his defender’s cushion, faked inside and then raced up the field.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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Under its Venusian spell, beauty, truth and harmony take center stage, but don’t be fooled as the weeks ahead are action-packed.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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And kudos to [visual effects supervisor] Rob Legato and team for coming up with something that fooled Buzz Aldrin.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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One mobile, a cluster of white leaf shapes strung along long horizontal arcs, has the aloof grace of an albino peacock, turning with a gavotte rhythm.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Faked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faked%20out. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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