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
Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Tech support scams in which consumers are tricked by scammers into believing there is a problem with their computers that require the expensive services of scammers posing as customer support employees for the major tech companies constitute a major problem.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Malvolio, tricked by a fake letter written by Maria, takes class mobility seriously.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Zambada said in his letter that he was tricked, kidnapped, and handed over to US authorities by Guzmán López—an account the latter denied through his legal team, which has also rejected the idea that El Chapo’s son voluntarily surrendered.
—Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Blondie only needs one post to align her Instagram grid, but we’ve been tricked before.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
Searching for an event, restaurant, or service online reduces the chance of being tricked by a malicious redirect or fraudulent site.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
According to Noguera, Naso tricked Lambson by posing as a photographer for the Oakland A's, arranging to meet her at Fisherman's Wharf before driving her to Mount Tam, where her body was later discovered.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Tech support scams in which consumers are tricked by scammers into believing there is a problem with their computers that require the expensive services of scammers posing as customer support employees for the major tech companies constitute a major problem.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Malvolio, tricked by a fake letter written by Maria, takes class mobility seriously.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Zambada said in his letter that he was tricked, kidnapped, and handed over to US authorities by Guzmán López—an account the latter denied through his legal team, which has also rejected the idea that El Chapo’s son voluntarily surrendered.
—Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Blondie only needs one post to align her Instagram grid, but we’ve been tricked before.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
Searching for an event, restaurant, or service online reduces the chance of being tricked by a malicious redirect or fraudulent site.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricked
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After driving his team to the 1-yard line, Fields fooled the entire Steelers defense on a fourth down, faking a handoff and then high-stepping into the end zone untouched to take a 32-31 lead.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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And don’t be fooled by their small size — these dishes hold a surprising amount of food.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Boeing previously admitted that two of its 737 MAX flight technical pilots deceived the Federal Aviation Administration’s aircraft evaluation group about an aircraft part known as MCAS that affected the flight control system of the Boeing 737 MAX.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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While many followers recognized the scam early on, some were deceived and suffered financial loss.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bob had to be valiant, dictatorial, curious, ever listening, wily, playful, deluded, strategic, flirtatious, fallible, political, and willing to protect and persevere against all doubters, critics, compass navigators, naysayers well intentioned or not.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Aug. 2025
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The fact that Putin even thought that the U.S. needs the Russian economy shows how deluded Putin still is.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Lauber ruled that discounted cash flow valuation of land is erroneous as a matter of law.—
Peter J Reilly,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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One subject of a Raffi Khatchadourian piece complained that multiple details about his life were made up and demanded to know what idiot had given Khatchadourian the erroneous details.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Tricked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricked. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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