deceive
Verb
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Be false to;
Be dishonest with (synset 202581157)subtypes:- betray, sell - deliver to an enemy by treachery
- cheat, chisel - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
- shill - act as a shill
- flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick - deceive somebody
- befool, fool, gull - make a fool or dupe of
- betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander - be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg - subject to a playful hoax or joke
- ensnare, entrap, frame, set up - take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- humbug - trick or deceive
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Cause someone to believe an untruth (synset 200856102)
"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"subtypes:
- impersonate, personate, pose - pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
- bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow - conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
- befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in - fool or hoax
same as: betray, lead astray
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