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
Gabriel Sama,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
The sample that tricked the most people came from a robot Bram Stoker.
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Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
Montreal opened the scoring when Dubois’ shot hit off of Elizabeth Giguere’s stick and tricked Rooney.
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ABC News,
12 May 2026
Montreal opened the scoring when Dubois' shot hit off of Elizabeth Giguere's stick and tricked Rooney.
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CBS News,
12 May 2026
And thousands of New Yorkers have been tricked and trapped, and taken here.
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Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2026
Prosecutors further alleged Michael was tricked by O’Donnell into going to a vacant home in Kentucky for HVAC repairs on September 19, 2022, according to KCRA.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
Alisoun has previously tricked Absalom into kissing her butt by sticking it out the window just as Absalom leaned in, intent on kissing her other cheek.
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Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
According to police records, Torres-García died months before DCF was successfully tricked by her mother into doing a video call with a woman who has said she was asked to impersonate the child.
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Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
Verb
While the war ended years before, the hostility spread from the stands — with skirmishes among supporters — into the field, when Maradona tricked the referee and the world with the World Cup’s most infamous goal, punching the ball into the net with his fist above England’s goalie Peter Shilton.
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Gabriel Sama,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
The sample that tricked the most people came from a robot Bram Stoker.
—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
Montreal opened the scoring when Dubois’ shot hit off of Elizabeth Giguere’s stick and tricked Rooney.
—
ABC News,
12 May 2026
Montreal opened the scoring when Dubois' shot hit off of Elizabeth Giguere's stick and tricked Rooney.
—
CBS News,
12 May 2026
And thousands of New Yorkers have been tricked and trapped, and taken here.
—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2026
Prosecutors further alleged Michael was tricked by O’Donnell into going to a vacant home in Kentucky for HVAC repairs on September 19, 2022, according to KCRA.
—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
Alisoun has previously tricked Absalom into kissing her butt by sticking it out the window just as Absalom leaned in, intent on kissing her other cheek.
—
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
According to police records, Torres-García died months before DCF was successfully tricked by her mother into doing a video call with a woman who has said she was asked to impersonate the child.
—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricked
Adjective
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About deluded coaches and philandering teammates and practice-field punch-ups.
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Rather than a cruel Hedda, a fragile Hedda, a tragically deluded Hedda, Adele saw a woman who was comically at her wits’ end.
Verb
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Don’t be fooled; this isn’t your typical museum.
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Don’t be fooled by its breezy ’60s-analog vintage pop sound.
Adjective
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Although Rodman’s research shows that generative AI can help diagnose rare diseases or make sense of unusual symptoms, a randomized trial that was published in NEJM AI just the week before found that intentionally erroneous output from an AI model can easily lead doctors astray.
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The good news is, though, that while an erroneous freeze can cause big trouble with your bills, it can usually be reversed.
Verb
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Some people in Israel say Netanyahu, in a way, deceived Trump.
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One is to emphasize Iago—the guileful, insinuating convincingness of this malicious supervillain, who works on Othello to the point where any reasonable man would be deceived and fooled and worked into a rage that can lead to such a catastrophe.
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“Tricked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricked. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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