deceiver

Trauma is a nasty deceiver, both in the way it makes survivors distrust their memories and the way we, its witnesses, interpret it in the context of everything we see.

From Salon ● May 20, 2023

Jacob was a popular boy’s name in Old Testament times, and meant "the one who grasps," "the angler," "the deceiver" or "the supplanter."

From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2022

A deceiver distorts evidence with the aim of making you form a false belief.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2019

When we look at photos of Mr. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, coming and going from court, he tends to be smiling, the proud, bold deceiver.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2018

“Mr. Curtain is the big deceiver, remember? We can beat him at his own game!”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Winter Miller, a playwright and children’s book author based in Brooklyn, taunts her deceivers in the name of getting people to laugh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

When the people give way, their deceivers, betrayers, and destroyers press upon them so fast, that there is no resisting afterwards.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025

"Reuters, they are some deceivers, liars," López Obrador said during his regular news conference, which is held every weekday morning.

From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2023

The deceivers were shut down and forced to pay $95,000 to a legitimate veterans charity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2021

“She would surely have come to further grief, for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are deceivers both. They are vile traitors, loyal only to themselves.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein