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to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage: The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones. The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out. Synonym. trick. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to deceive someone.
to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage: The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones. deceive someone into doing something The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out. Synonym. trick.
1. : to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid. deceiving customers about the condition of the cars. bluffing at poker in order to deceive the other players. 2. archaic : ensnare. … he it was whose guile … deceived the mother of mankind … John Milton. 3. a. obsolete : to be false to. You have deceived our trust … Shakespeare. b.
1. to mislead by deliberate misrepresentation or lies. 2. (Psychology) to delude (oneself) 3. to be unfaithful to (one's sexual partner)
to persuade someone that something false is the truth; trick or fool: Some parents try to deceive school officials and enroll their children in other districts.
To deceive means to trick or lie. A crafty kid might deceive his mother into thinking he has a fever by holding the thermometer to a light bulb to increase the temperature. Deceive is the trickier cousin of lie. You might lie about why you were late to school.
[transitive] to make somebody 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.
4 meanings: 1. to mislead by deliberate misrepresentation or lies 2. to delude (oneself) 3. to be unfaithful to (one's sexual.... Click for more definitions.
to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get money or something else from them: 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.
DECEIVE meaning: to make (someone) believe something that is not true.
