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To deceive or fool someone

To be unfaithful to one's regular spouse or partner

To tell a lie or something that is untrue

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

Stretch the truth

To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

To alter or misrepresent

To make a false show or pretense of

To demonstrate or expose to 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

balks^US

sells a bill of goods to

baulks^UK

gives the wrong impression

gives wrong information to

abuses

mistreats

does someone in the eye

makes rings round

goes back on

preys on

sends on a wild goose chase

worms one's way out of

slips out

beats around the bush

cops out

shams

slips something over on

pulls something funny

plays a practical joke on

puts someone up to something

penalises^UK

penalizes^US

plays fast and loose with

gives the runaround

sends on a wild-goose chase

makes somebody look an idiot

makes a monkey out of

twists around your little finger

uses for one's own ends

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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.”

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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 tell a lie or something that is untrue

departs from the truth

invents a story

makes up a story

forswears oneself

tells a terminological inexactitude

tells a fib

creates fiction

speaks with forked tongue

tells a little white lie

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

says something untrue

has on

throws off the scent

puts on the wrong track

breaks promise

puts on

puts up a front

sends on a wild goose chase

creates out of thin air

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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

passes oneself off as

minimizes^US

gives the appearance of

minimises^UK

puts up a smokescreen

goes through the motions of

puts on a false display

sweeps under the carpet

de-emphasizes

sweeps under the rug

makes a pretense of

gives a false identity to

falsely represents

hams

hams it up

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Stretch the truth

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To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

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To alter or misrepresent

colours^UK

colors^US

gives a false picture of

quotes out of context

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To make a false show or pretense of

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To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

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