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deceive

[dih-seev] / dɪˈsiv /


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We should say instead that lying is a matter of speaking with the intent to deceive.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

Now they are able to do more damage using artificial intelligence to simulate fake grassroots opposition to clean air measures, and they are surreptitiously using the identities of real people to deceive regulators.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

It’s essentially three things: deceive, disrupt, and deny.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

He distinguishes content that is intended to deceive with the more comical and obviously-fake AI slop, like fish with shoes, or gorillas lifting weights at the gym.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

I was wrong to attempt to deceive you; but I feared a stubbornness that exists in your character.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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