tricked
Example Sentences
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After Urbina told local and federal authorities she had been tricked out of her day in court, Immigration and Customs Enforcement switched her scheduled December virtual check-in to an in-person meeting.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
And for a lot of audience members, I feel like they’re being tricked a lot of times, because a lot of comedians, and I ain’t going to say a lot of comedians, but a few.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
In 2014 he helped break up the so-called boiler room scams operating from Spain that tricked British people into investing in non-existent shares.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Three-year-old Agatha Acker, in a cute gingham outfit and gas mask, brought along her doll, Betty Lou, also tricked out in a pretty dress, and a gas mask.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The Cursed Toads—Spares whom she’d sympathized with, had tried to learn about, who she thought shared a common fate—had tricked and bested them.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
