as in deceived
to cause to believe what is untrue
she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares
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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 -
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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Hershey's customers weren't really tricked by Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins, a judge has ruled.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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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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In order to not be fooled by narcissistic kindness, Sarkis encourages people to view one-off good deeds in the context of someone's overall behavior.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Don’t be fooled, there is intention.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
23 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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“Sucked in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucked%20in. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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