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deceive

verb

verb

NAmE//dɪˈsiv//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they deceive

he / she / it deceives

past simple deceived

-ing form deceiving

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1. 1[transitive] to make someone believe something that is not true deceive somebody Her husband had been deceiving her for years. deceive somebody into doing something She deceived him into handing over all his savings. Thesauruscheat
   • lie
   • trick
   • fool
   • deceive
   • betray
   • con
   These words all mean to make someone believe something that is not true, especially in order to get what you want.
   • cheat to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get money or something else from them:She cheated on her taxes. I was cheated out of my fair share. Cheat also means to act in a dishonest way in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game, competition, or exam:Copying someone else's answers is one kind of cheating.
   • lie to say or write something that you know is not true:He lied about his age. Don't lie to me.
   • trick to make someone believe something that is not true, especially in a skillful way, in order to get what you want:She tricked him into handing over all his savings.
   • fool to make someone believe something that is not true, especially in order to laugh at them or to get what you want:Just don't be fooled by these statistics.
   • deceive to make someone believe something that is not true, especially someone who trusts you, in order to get what you want:I don't know how he deceived me so well.
   • betray to hurt someone who trusts you, especially by deceiving them or not being loyal to them:She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him.
   • con [informal] to deceive someone, especially in order to get money from them or get them to do something for you:My grandfather was conned out of $10,000 by criminals.
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   • Many of these words involve making someone believe something that is not true, but some of them are more disapproving than others. Deceive is probably the worst because people typically deceive friends, relations, and others who know and trust them. People may feel cheated/betrayed by someone in authority whom they trusted to look after their interests. If someone cheats/tricks/fools/cons you, they may get something from you and make you feel stupid. However, someone might fool you just as a joke; and to trick someone is sometimes seen as a skillful thing to do, if the person being tricked is seen as a bad person who deserves it.
   Patterns
   • to cheat/trick/fool/con somebody out of something
   • to fool/trick/con somebody into doing something
   • to feel cheated/tricked/fooled/deceived/betrayed/conned
   • to fool/deceive yourself
   • to cheat/trick/con your way into something

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2. 2[transitive] deceive yourself [that] to refuse to admit to yourself that something unpleasant is true You're deceiving yourself if you think he'll change his mind.
3. 3[transitive, intransitive] deceive [somebody] to make someone have a wrong idea about someone or something synonym mislead Unless my eyes are deceiving me, that's his wife. see deceptive
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