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Led into an erroneous conclusion

Having been deceived

Deceived or tricked

Having been misled or misinformed

To be cunningly tricked into doing something, usually in an incriminating way

To have exploited someone for one's personal gain

Past tense for to be unfaithful to one's regular spouse or partner

Past tense for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

Past tense for to conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)

Past tense for stretch the truth

Past tense for to cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

Past tense for to make a false show or pretense of

Past tense for to misrepresent something, typically to deceive

Past tense for to alter or misrepresent

Past tense for to demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

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Adjective

Led astray

Adjective

Led into an erroneous conclusion

misapprehending

Adjective

Having been deceived

taken for a ride

Adjective

Deceived or tricked

Adjective

Having been misled or misinformed

Verb

To be cunningly tricked into doing something, usually in an incriminating way

put one over on

pulled a fast one on

took for a ride

taken for a ride

pulled a swifty on

led up the garden path

pulled the wool over someone's eyes

pulled one's leg

led down the garden path

outmaneuvered^US

sold down the river

taken advantage of

took advantage of

outmanoeuvred^UK

taken to the cleaners

took to the cleaners

pulled a fast one

done a number on

did a number on

put on the wrong track

stabbed in the back

played someone false

gave someone a bum steer

put on false front

did the dirty on

put up smoke screen

given someone a bum steer

done the dirty on

sold a bill of goods to

led up garden path

sold a bill of goods

hit below the belt

broken faith with

broke faith with

played a trick on

propagandized^US

played for a sucker

sent on a wild goose chase

propagandised^UK

played trick on

put someone up to something

pulled fast one

played games with

run rings round

pulled someone's leg

made rings round

thrown off the scent

stole a march on

threw off the scent

stolen a march on

got the better of

gotten the better of

wormed one's way out of

stacked the cards

pulled something funny

stretched the rules

beaten around the bush

done someone in the eye

took to cleaners

ran rings round

gave the wrong impression

committed treason

made a monkey of

sent on a wild-goose chase

made a sucker of

given wrong information to

played for a fool

pulled wool over

played fast and loose with

slipped something over on

given the wrong impression

made somebody look an idiot

did someone in the eye

taken to cleaners

laid a trap for

gave wrong information to

made a monkey out of

twisted around your little finger

did someone dirty

done someone dirty

went one better than

gone one better than

given the runaround

gave the runaround

given bum steer

broken the rules

broke the rules

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“He helped disguise loans as sales in order to boost the company's revenue and thereby deceive the public as well as government regulators.”

Verb

To have exploited someone for one's personal gain

took advantage of

used for one's own ends

treated lightly

walked all over

played for a sucker

taken advantage of

taken liberties with

took liberties with

put one over on

treated unfairly

took for a ride

taken for a ride

lived off the backs of

withheld rights from

done an injustice to

did an injustice to

taken for granted

took for granted

given the business

gave the business

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Verb

Past tense for to be unfaithful to one's regular spouse or partner

played someone false

“She did not truly believe that her husband would ever deceive her with another woman.”

Verb

Past tense for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

stretched the truth

departed from the truth

invented a story

made up a story

forswore oneself

forsworn oneself

not told the truth

told a terminological inexactitude

created fiction

spoke with forked tongue

spoken with forked tongue

told a little white lie

pulled the wool over someone's eyes

pulled someone's leg

put on the wrong track

committed perjury

told an untruth

told a falsehood

concocted a story

said something untrue

perjured oneself

sent on a wild goose chase

beared false witness

told a white lie

thrown off the scent

threw off the scent

lain under oath

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Verb

Past tense for to conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)

went through the motions

gone through the motions

made a pretense

put on a false front

presented a false face

presented a false front

put up a smoke screen

shucked and jived

passed oneself off as

played the part of

put up a smokescreen

put on a false display

made a pretence of

kept quiet about

stricken an attitude

swept under the carpet

claimed falsely

pretended to be

struck an attitude

disguised yourself

drawn a veil over

made a pretense of

swept under the rug

kept under your hat

copped an attitude

behaved affectedly

made inconspicuous

stricken a pose

falsely represented

assumed an attitude

drew a veil over

assumed the role

given the appearance of

gave the appearance of

given appearance of

gave appearance of

went through the motions of

gone through the motions of

given a false identity to

gave a false identity to

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Verb

Past tense for stretch the truth

Verb

Past tense for to cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

Verb

Past tense for to make a false show or pretense of

Verb

Past tense for to misrepresent something, typically to deceive

quoted out of context

took out of context

taken out of context

put the wrong slant on

Verb

Past tense for to alter or misrepresent

Verb

Past tense for to demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

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