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Scammers exploit the Emirati royal's likeness by drawing on his vast online presence, including his more than 17 million Instagram followers, and sometimes even copying the prince's authentic poems to deceive victims.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

“What he didn’t know — and what the FBI’s own investigation goes out of its way to clarify — is that his staff cooked up a scheme designed to deceive him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

The man was not British, but Nigerian, using a voice disguiser to deceive his target.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Paradoxically, AI systems that produce more accurate results can be more likely to deceive users with inaccurate ones, said Pratik Verma, founder and CEO of Okahu, which helps people improve their use of AI tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

And he should maintain this reputation in such a way that no man can imagine he is able to deceive or trick him.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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

A separate complaint from Rokita argued the app has users’ sensitive and personal information but deceives consumers into believing that information is secure.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

It also claims that deceives young users with age ratings of 12 and above on Apple and Google app stores.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022

Anyone who believes that new benefits make men of high station forget old injuries deceives himself.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

As it turns out, I’m hardly the only person to have felt hoodwinked, bamboozled, and/or flat-out deceived by my smartphone’s forecasts in 2026.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

The judge said that Gibson had previously tried to persuade the court that he had not deliberately deceived the victims, but he said the evidence had shown "deception was central" to his offending.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

He told officers his daughter, with whom he was travelling, was "unaware" of what had happened and said, "I have deceived everyone".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

In truth, his parents had wanted to save him from the same villagers who deceived him with the False Asa.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

“Then the blind man is deceived, and the woman is an enchantress!” said Hamlet, slapping his thighs for emphasis.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Bai would later be expelled from the surrogacy industry’s ethics group for her role in assisting a U.S. couple accused of deceiving surrogates into carrying more than 20 children for them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The headline number is probably going to be deceiving, however.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 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

Unless Harry’s eyes were deceiving him, Fudge was suddenly looking awkward.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling