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deceive

/dɪˈsiːv/

An illustration for deceive

verb

to make someone believe something that is not true

  • “I think if you try it you will be deceived.”Tatoeba
  • “He is not above deceiving others to get his way.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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