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deceived



ADJECTIVE
led into an erroneous conclusion
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ADJECTIVE
cheated
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A judge ruled that Meta must pay $25 billion to New Mexico after a jury found last month that the social media giant had deceived users in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Facebook was found to have deceived its users through statements and remarks made on its own platforms, interviews, earnings calls and other channels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

That’s the way churches have funded themselves for 2,000 years, and the Golden Lampstand’s congregants weren’t deceived.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But he said he now wanted his money back because he felt "deceived and let down".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

“By my eye I was deceived, never again. . . .”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


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