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 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 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

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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
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