deceive
Example Sentences
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“What he didn’t know — and what the FBI’s own investigation goes out of its way to clarify — is that his staff cooked up a scheme designed to deceive him.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The man was not British, but Nigerian, using a voice disguiser to deceive his target.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
We should say instead that lying is a matter of speaking with the intent to deceive.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
“This echo chamber was used to deceive you.”
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
“Do you want me then,” said Estella, turning suddenly with a fixed and serious, if not angry, look, “to deceive and entrap you?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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