as in fooled
to cause to believe what is untrue
you tricked me into thinking my ex wasn't coming to the party tonight
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Recent Examples of tricked
Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
The people staffing the scam centers might have been tricked by a false job ad.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Even scam aware travelers are getting tricked.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
Heathcliff has tricked Edgar’s sister, Isabella, into marrying him by pretending to love her.
—Becky Little, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Experts say such scam operations in Cambodia and elsewhere have cheated people around the world out of billions of dollars and tricked people from many countries to work in them under slave-like conditions.
—Sakchai Lalit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Wiles barely could make the tight final left-hand turn that had tricked Monsen.
—CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
At another point in that game, he was tricked by a Jensen dummy, leaving the latter with an unobstructed opportunity to cross into the box.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
That's where people get tricked.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Verb
The scam reportedly tricked Russian drone operators into giving away the location of their Starlink terminals, allowing Ukrainian artillery and drones to target them.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
The people staffing the scam centers might have been tricked by a false job ad.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Even scam aware travelers are getting tricked.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
Heathcliff has tricked Edgar’s sister, Isabella, into marrying him by pretending to love her.
—Becky Little, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Experts say such scam operations in Cambodia and elsewhere have cheated people around the world out of billions of dollars and tricked people from many countries to work in them under slave-like conditions.
—Sakchai Lalit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Wiles barely could make the tight final left-hand turn that had tricked Monsen.
—CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
At another point in that game, he was tricked by a Jensen dummy, leaving the latter with an unobstructed opportunity to cross into the box.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
That's where people get tricked.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricked
Verb
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Don’t be fooled by the name; despite its slouchy appearance, this shoulder purse can fit a laptop, a notebook, a small makeup bag, and more.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
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Stallings hung the breaking ball and Bader wasn’t fooled.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Jürgen’s appeared as wildly deluded as my own.—
Roger Bennett,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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O’Hara relished playing deluded snobs like this wealthy Manhattanite with artistic ambitions from director Tim Burton’s horror comedy about two dead owners of a country house who want to drive out its new buyers.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Women who could be trampled by men, conned, deceived.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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In addition, the complaint alleges that Walmart deceived customers by falsely claiming that 100% of customer tips would go to drivers.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Guillard, 41, of Houston, published more than 100 videos that made erroneous allegations against Scofield, according to court records.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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The statement updated an earlier erroneous statement that the mall closed, police said.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Tricked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricked. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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