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as in deluded

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verb

past tense of deceive
as in tricked
to cause to believe what is untrue he went to great lengths to deceive his family about the nature of his new job at the mall

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Recent Examples of deceived
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Attorneys for New Mexico argued that the state's entire population, not just Facebook users, were deceived by the company's public statements about privacy on the platform. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Attorneys for New Mexico argued that the state’s entire population, not just Facebook users, were deceived by the company’s public statements about privacy on the platform. — Mikella Schuettler, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 Facebook was found to have deceived its users through statements and remarks made on its own platforms, interviews, earnings calls and other channels. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Meta has been ordered by a judge in New Mexico to pay $25 billion to the state after a jury found that the social media company deceived consumers for years about its data privacy policies. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 As the movie progresses, Fielder and the audience must question whether and how they’re being deceived. — David MacK, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 Some of the Colombians have long maintained that they were deceived about the mission and arrived at the home after Moïse had already been killed. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 The justices will not consider the merits of Boulder’s claims that the two companies knew their emissions caused climate change and deceived the public about the harm. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026 Customers who feel respected are far more forgiving than customers who feel deceived. — Natalie Ruiz, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceived
  1. deluded
  2. tricked
  3. erroneous
  4. fooled
  5. misled
Adjective
  • Numerous treatise writers began to insist that anyone who doubts the diabolical empowerment of women-as-witches is self-deluded and dangerous.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Mulligan’s Lindsay is brittle, entitled and frequently cruel, giving the actress the chance to deliver scathing rejoinders and self-deluded justifications, all with a deep reservoir of personal disappointment.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of deluded
Verb
  • The woman did so willingly, and there is no allegation that she was forced or tricked.
    — Jim Defede, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • But now, the technology has caught up and people are tricked.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of tricked
Adjective
  • Bisignano, a former Wall Street CEO who has been overhauling how the agency operates, also said SSA was working to fix erroneous records.
    — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In his own review of the case, Mandell failed to flag an erroneous jury instruction that four years later would lead to the conviction being overturned.
    — Samantha Melamed, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of erroneous
Verb
  • Chiefs-Seahawks game prediction Don’t be fooled be the records.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • As temperatures drop in the fall, aphids, like other garden pests, are less active, but don’t be fooled by appearances.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of fooled
Verb
  • During the trial, jurors assessed whether Facebook misled users about privacy and content moderation 34 separate times.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • New York — A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after the company was found to have misled users about its privacy practices in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of misled

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“Deceived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceived. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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