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To deceive or fool someone

To be unfaithful to one's regular spouse or partner

To alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

To tell a lie or something that is untrue

To conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)

To make a false show or pretense of

To demonstrate or expose the falsehood of something

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To deceive or fool someone

victimises^UK

victimizes^US

takes to the cleaners

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

leads up the garden path

leads down the garden path

gives someone a bum steer

maneuvers^US

manoeuvres^UK

sells a bill of goods

puts on the wrong track

induces

throws off the scent

sells a bill of goods to

gives the wrong impression

gives wrong information to

does someone in the eye

balks^US

baulks^UK

goes back on

leads up garden path

preys on

sends on a wild goose chase

puts someone up to something

plays fast and loose with

gaslights

gives the runaround

sends on a wild-goose chase

comes on

beclowns

slips something over on

pulls something funny

twists around your little finger

makes somebody look an idiot

makes a monkey out of

uses for one's own ends

arranges fraudulently

throws off

catches on the hop

throws off balance

puts someone off their stride

terrorizes^US

terrorises^UK

exploits a loophole in

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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

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To be unfaithful to one's regular spouse or partner

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

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To alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

colors^US

colours^UK

quotes out of context

takes out of context

puts the wrong slant on

varnishes over

gives a false picture of

gives a false account of

dramatizes^US

dramatises^UK

gives a false idea of

blows smoke

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To tell a lie or something that is untrue

departs from the truth

tells a terminological inexactitude

creates fiction

tells a fib

speaks with forked tongue

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

tells a little white lie

says something untrue

commits perjury

has on

throws off the scent

puts on the wrong track

sends on a wild goose chase

gives the wrong impression

creates out of thin air

dreams up

conjures up

devises

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To conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)

goes through the motions

makes a pretense

makes a show

puts on a false front

presents a false face

presents a false front

puts up a smoke screen

gives the appearance of

goes through the motions of

minimizes^US

passes oneself off as

minimises^UK

sweeps under the carpet

harbours^UK

harbors^US

puts on a false display

keeps under your hat

makes inconspicuous

puts up a smokescreen

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To make a false show or pretense of

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To demonstrate or expose the falsehood of something

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