tricking

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Tricking potential investors while raising capital would be grounds for criminal charges of wire fraud and securities fraud, he said, as well as a potential civil suit from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2021

Tricking as many employees as possible into clicking on a fake phishing email may not be the goal of every employer—indeed, many might rather find low failure rates during such exercises.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2020

Scammers Are Tricking People Into Buying Puppies That Don’t Exist The internet is positively littered with fake puppies, and you don’t have to be elderly to fall for one of these scams.

From The Verge • Jan. 10, 2019

Tricking Sarah Palin is like playing a video game on tutorial mode.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2018

“Clever, clever boy. Tricking the trickster. Well done.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia