TRICKING Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

tricking

verb

Definition of tricking next

present participle of trick

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 While Matthew and Mu-won started Gojeuneok Bio together, Chang-ho has launched a cosmetics company that makes its money by tricking smaller companies into giving away the secrets behind their products. —

Kayti Burt, Time, 29 May 2026 The church hosts sure love tricking us into eating raw broccoli by serving it up in this creamy pasta salad. —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 May 2026 Anchoring, scarcity and choice architecture aren’t about tricking people. —

David Meade, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 This method involves tricking an employee or person with elevated access into giving up their password. —

Marybel Rodriguez, CBS News, 9 May 2026 Instead of acting independently, the forces influence one another to amplify the ion’s motion, thereby tricking the system into generating a much stronger, more complex interaction than either force could achieve alone. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 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

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The other is fooling humans, particularly the dwindling number of journalists, critics, and other gatekeepers who are still capable of conferring legitimacy by paying attention.

— Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
After killing Minnesota’s first power play, the Avalanche opened the scoring when defenseman Sam Malinski scored his first career playoff goal, fooling Wallstedt with a rising wrist shot.

— Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026