Synonyms:
deceive, lead_on, delude, cozen
Meaning: be false to; be dishonest with
Synonyms:
deceive, betray, lead_astray
Meaning: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
Usage examples
It is cruel to deceive a traveller.
The stranger replied, "How can you deceive me so?
Fiction is honest because it does not try to deceive.
Forgery is dishonest because its object is to deceive.
I have learned to know him, and he will not deceive me any more...."
"The characteristic of bourgeois governments," he said, "is to deceive the people.
"Don't think you deceive me, Madge Brodie--I smell a rat, and one of considerable size."
If my eyes did not deceive me, there was not a member of the Latchmere team left on the ground.
The gods are not magicians who transform themselves, neither do they deceive mankind in any way.
He'll say anything as a joke or from obstinacy, but he'll never deceive you against his conscience.