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
Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
The consumer is led to believe there is a fraudulent activity involving their account — and they're tricked with working with a scammer to fix a fake problem.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
While ChatGPT has safeguards that block attempts to generate government IDs, the hackers tricked the system.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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
An Arizona inmate tricked court officials into releasing him more than two decades early by filing fake orders allegedly dismissing his charges.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Many of the women who spoke Monday addressed that claim directly, saying they were tricked and coerced from the start and that the deceit went far beyond one lie about where the video would be distributed.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
How the Security Breach Happened The breach started with a phishing email that tricked the developer into giving up account access.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
He will not be coaxed, tricked, or trapped.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
The consumer is led to believe there is a fraudulent activity involving their account — and they're tricked with working with a scammer to fix a fake problem.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
While ChatGPT has safeguards that block attempts to generate government IDs, the hackers tricked the system.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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
An Arizona inmate tricked court officials into releasing him more than two decades early by filing fake orders allegedly dismissing his charges.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Many of the women who spoke Monday addressed that claim directly, saying they were tricked and coerced from the start and that the deceit went far beyond one lie about where the video would be distributed.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
How the Security Breach Happened The breach started with a phishing email that tricked the developer into giving up account access.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricked
Verb
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Super blue moons can also occur, but don’t be fooled by the name.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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Do not be fooled by Celine’s chic bob; the woman is an agent of chaos.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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According to the Justice Department, Sanberg deceived investors and lenders.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed by the FTC in June 2023 under the Biden administration, claimed 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,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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My homies then were deluded, too.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Engineers outfitted the device with a heater to melt ice in the winter, a customization that should improve accuracy during Arizona’s freeze-thaw cycles that have long created erroneous measurements.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Vedra and other debt law experts said a high rate of default judgments indicates a system that favors the pursuers over the pursued — and increases the chances someone will be harmed by an erroneous bill.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Tricked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricked. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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