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To mislead someone with lies

To attract or tempt, especially by offering pleasure or advantage

To jovially tease, playfully annoy, or lightly badger someone

To blatantly set out to attract

To stimulate or excite in a pleasurable way

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Verb

To mislead someone with lies

puts one over on

takes for a ride

leads up the garden path

pulls a swifty on

pulls a fast one on

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

leads down the garden path

pulls one's leg

does a number on

takes to the cleaners

takes advantage of

makes a fool of

puts on the wrong track

puts up smoke screen

propagandizes^US

leads up garden path

propagandises^UK

gives someone a bum steer

gives the wrong impression

puts on false front

pulls someone's leg

sends on a wild goose chase

throws off the scent

plays a trick on

gives wrong information to

plays for a sucker

plays games with

gets the better of

pulls a fast one

makes a sucker of

sends on a wild-goose chase

gives the runaround

plays fast and loose with

puts someone up to something

lays a trap for

takes to cleaners

outmaneuvers^US

outmanoeuvres^UK

does the dirty on

sells down the river

steals a march on

stabs in the back

runs rings round

sells a bill of goods

makes rings round

plays someone false

breaks faith with

does someone in the eye

sells a bill of goods to

pulls wool over

plays for a fool

slips something over on

does someone dirty

gives bum steer

breaks the rules

hits below the belt

bends the rules

stacks the cards

stretches the rules

pulls something funny

twists around your little finger

goes one better than

tells an untruth

tells a falsehood

tells a terminological inexactitude

stretches the truth

perjures oneself

makes up a story

concocts a story

departs from the truth

tells a white lie

forswears oneself

says something untrue

invents a story

bears false witness

commits perjury

puts up a front

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“Moreover, he is all too willing to induce and lead on his victims until they become hopelessly ensnared and turn in desperation to other criminal activities.”

Verb

To attract or tempt, especially by offering pleasure or advantage

dangles a carrot in front of

makes your mouth water

whets the appetite of

sweeps off feet

keeps someone hanging on

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To jovially tease, playfully annoy, or lightly badger someone

gives a hard time

takes the piss out of

pokes mullock at

pulls one's leg

pulls someone's leg

makes a monkey of

takes the mickey

makes jokes about

makes a monkey out of

treats with contempt

makes a fool of

treats contemptuously

plays a joke on

pulls someone's chain

holds up to ridicule

plays a practical joke on

gets a rise out of

takes a rise out of

treats disrespectfully

laughs out of court

casts aspersions on

holds up to shame

plays a practical joke

makes a game of

shows contempt for

has a joke with

tears to pieces

makes a joke of

gets on the nerves of

hurls insults at

gets in the hair of

puts someone on

takes for a ride

leads up the garden path

plays a trick on

shouts catcalls at

mucks someone about

blows raspberries

shouts disapproval

has a joke on somebody

makes a laughing-stock

makes someone a laughing stock

exposes to ridicule

gives offence to

causes offence to

hurts somebody's feelings

steps on one's toes

cuts to the quick

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Verb

To blatantly set out to attract

philanders with

makes advances at

gives the come-on to

makes sheep's eyes at

sets your cap at

makes romantic advances to

makes advances to

makes overtures to

behaves flirtatiously

plays the field

commits adultery

has affairs affair

makes a pass at

sows one's oats

plays fast and loose

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Verb

To stimulate or excite in a pleasurable way

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