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Which of these figures is a trickster who likes to deceive people?

deceive

[dih-seev] / dɪˈsiv /


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An assortment of politicians and watchdog groups have expressed concern about campaigns using generative AI to produce deepfakes – synthetic videos showing people doing things they did not do – that might deceive voters.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

"To cheat, trick, deceive, delude with false pretences; to impose upon, take in, hoax."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Your eyes don’t deceive you, he appears measurably improved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Suppose future AI agents learn how to specifically deceive you.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Most children,” they wrote, will deceive in certain situations and not in others.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Nobody wants a system that goes rogue, deceives users, steals data or acts maliciously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"Reject every form of abuse or violence, which deceives by promising easy gains but hardens the heart and makes it insensitive," he said.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

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

When it comes to John Watson, Holmes’s best friend, amanuensis and sometimes roommate, Holmes criticizes him, deceives him, disappears for years and lets Watson believe him dead.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

I will be the proverbial parent who deceives the child by offering medicine laced with sweet syrup.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon.com on Monday, alleging the e-commerce giant deceived advertisers by secretly raising the minimum price they had to pay to place ads promoting their products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The lawsuit, joined by a bipartisan group of more than 20 state attorneys general, alleged that Amazon deceived advertisers by secretly raising the minimum price advertisers had to pay to place ads promoting their products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Besides the painful consequences for deceived buyers, code enforcement has the limitation of due process, Bostwick said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

On it was a message written by Mr. Pinkerton just before I’d started down Shady Oak Lane, but it looked enough like Mr. Maroney’s handwriting that even I was deceived at first glance.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

“It can be pretty deceiving until you’re out there and realize how strong the rip currents actually are.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Their worries — AI systems deceiving their creators, bootstrapping their own code, or launching autonomous cyberattacks — show up in scientific literature.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

He had blamed his conviction on a girl deceiving him with fake ID, she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

At some point in childhood, through one classic fable or another, most of us absorb the lesson that looks can be deceiving.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

“You’re not a deceiving imp? You brought no one with you?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens


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