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adjective

as in deceived

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verb

past tense of trick
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
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Ricky Saints tricked the referee into thinking Lil Yachty used the kendo stick on him, and after traveling all the way to Riyadh, Yachty was tossed out just minutes into the match. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 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. — 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 And thousands of New Yorkers have been tricked and trapped, and taken here. — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 May 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricked
  1. deluded
  2. fooled
  3. erroneous
  4. deceived
Adjective
  • Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it?
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes’s 17th-century epic about a deluded knight, is frequently called the first modern novel.
    — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of deluded
Verb
  • OpenAI's Atlas was once fooled into sending a resignation letter, and Perplexity's Comet exposed user data in tests.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • You may be fooled into joining a brokerage with high fees, poor investment options or other red flags.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Definition of fooled
Adjective
  • Vilified for superstitious or erroneous beliefs, many of these species did not actually compete with people for food or pose other significant dangers.
    — Elan Abrell, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
  • Early details about the cause and source of the nationwide outbreak of cyclosporiasis—and the dangers in not immediately correcting erroneous information about it —is a good example.
    — Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of erroneous
Verb
  • In an era when AI generates convincing falsehoods at scale and a third of teenagers report being deceived by fake content online, the ability to weigh evidence critically is not an academic exercise but a plain necessity.
    — Rajiv Vinnakota, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Andreas Schjelderup opened the scoring with a spectacular cross-shot that deceived Jordan Pickford and, although Jude Bellingham struck back for England in first-half stoppage time, Norway looked the more likely winners as the second period wore on.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of deceived

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