as in fooling
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 tricking
Deed theft is when a scammer steals someone's home, often by forging documents or tricking someone into signing over a deed.
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Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
After tricking her way into her dream job, Liza discovers that disguising herself as a millennial and keeping her two lives separate is a job in and of itself.
—Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
Recall his central role in tricking immigrants in Texas to fly to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts with empty promises of jobs.
—Howard L. Simon, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
To remove the element of tricking the umpire into thinking balls are strikes?
—Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and Santa Cruz County District Attorney Jeff Rosell issued a joint consumer alert on Wednesday describing the scheme, which appears to be part of a nationwide scam tricking people into making payments.
—Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
The peach-plum gradient gown is the creation of Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen, whose high-fantasy sculptural gowns emphasize movement and eye-tricking form, often to gravity-defying effect.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Or, in other words, tricking them by holding up a sign.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
Prompt injection is a method of tricking LLMs into doing things they are normally prevented from doing.
—Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2026
Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
After tricking her way into her dream job, Liza discovers that disguising herself as a millennial and keeping her two lives separate is a job in and of itself.
—Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
Recall his central role in tricking immigrants in Texas to fly to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts with empty promises of jobs.
—Howard L. Simon, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
To remove the element of tricking the umpire into thinking balls are strikes?
—Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and Santa Cruz County District Attorney Jeff Rosell issued a joint consumer alert on Wednesday describing the scheme, which appears to be part of a nationwide scam tricking people into making payments.
—Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
The peach-plum gradient gown is the creation of Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen, whose high-fantasy sculptural gowns emphasize movement and eye-tricking form, often to gravity-defying effect.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Or, in other words, tricking them by holding up a sign.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
Prompt injection is a method of tricking LLMs into doing things they are normally prevented from doing.
—Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricking
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But anyone in the auto industry who didn’t feel like something was going to happen in China five years ago was fooling themselves.—
Jamie Lincoln Kitman,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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Politicians are fooling themselves about the political power of health-conscious moms.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
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Swalwell apparently did an excellent job deceiving those around him, including some congressional and campaign staffers who’d known him for years and worked closely with the seven-term lawmaker, day in, day out.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Mets have a responsibility to protect their players by not throwing them under the bus, but there are ways to do that without trying to convince people that their eyes are deceiving them.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Tricking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricking. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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