- present tense form of deceive (3rd person singular).
deceives
Example Sentences
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The European Commission said by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark on their profile, the platform "deceives users" because the firm is not "meaningfully verifying" who is behind the account.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
In the second complaint, the state argued that the app deceives consumers into believing their sensitive and personal information is secure.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
"Instead it did something even cleverer — it brought together existing genes, which already do other things in different parts of the plant, to make a complicated spot on the petals that deceives male flies."
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2023
More than once in this volume we see an ailing dog put to sleep as a human owner deceives, or reassures, him: “Good boy.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
I will be the proverbial parent who deceives the child by offering medicine laced with sweet syrup.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
