deceptive
Example Sentences
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“Scammers often target seniors with fraudulent investment opportunities or make deceptive phone calls posing as government agencies or fake charities.”
From MarketWatch
The company has listed some requirements for Twitter Blue status, such as having “no signs of engaging in platform manipulation and spam” and “no signs of being misleading or deceptive,” which includes impersonation.
From Los Angeles Times
Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the Democratic co-chair of the Jan. 6 committee, said his panel did nothing deceptive and he refused to apologize.
From Washington Times
Otherwise, Dayanim said, touts are subject to “proscriptions against false and deceptive practices that would apply to any other business.”
From Washington Post
The state filed two lawsuits against TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance and a third lawsuit against Meta, which also owns Instagram, accusing the companies of violating the state’s deceptive trade practices act.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
