tricking
Example Sentences
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In his plea agreement, he admitted to tricking and defrauding at least 25 people into paying him at least $152,476.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Instead, recent attacks relied on phishing -- tricking users into handing over access to their accounts.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission announced the settlement days into a trial over a lawsuit accusing Amazon of tricking consumers into automatically enrolling into Prime and making it tough to cancel their subscriptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
The Indian scam, now common across the country, involves Hollywood-level production that mimics the machinery of the state, tricking people with fake police stations and courtrooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
You could not trick a bear, but, as Lyra had shown him, Iofur did not want to be a bear, he wanted to be a man; and Iorek was tricking him.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
