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    de·ceive
    [dəˈsēv]
    verb
    deceiving (present participle)
    1. deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain:
      "I didn't intend to deceive people into thinking it was French champagne"
      • (of a thing) give a mistaken impression:
        "the area may seem to offer nothing of interest, but don't be deceived" · "everything about him was intended to deceive"
      • (deceive oneself)
        fail to admit to oneself that something is true:
        "enabling the rulers to deceive themselves about the nature of their own rule"
      • be sexually unfaithful to (one's regular partner):
        "he had deceived her with another woman"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French deceivre, from Latin decipere ‘catch, ensnare, cheat’.
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    1. deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain:
      swindle
      defraud
      cheat
      trick
      hoodwink
      hoax
      dupe
      take in
      mislead
      delude
      fool
      outwit
      misguide
      lead on
      inveigle
      seduce
      ensnare
      entrap
      beguile
      double-cross
      gull
      con
      bamboozle
      do
      sting
      diddle
      rip off
      shaft
      bilk
      rook
      pull someone's leg
      pull the wool over someone's eyes
      throw dust in someone's eyes
      put one over on
      fiddle
      swizzle
      sucker
      snooker
      stiff
      euchre
      bunco
      hornswoggle
      cozen
      sharp
      mulct
      pull a fast one on
      take for a ride
      take to the cleaners
      sell a pup to
      pull a swifty on
     
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    What does it mean if you deceive someone?
    1. If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself. [...] 2. If you deceive yourself, you do not admit to yourself something that you know is true. [...] 3. If something deceives you, it gives you a wrong impression and makes you believe something that is not true. [...]

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    Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. DECEIVING definition: 1. present participle of deceive 2. to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to…. Learn more.

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    How do people deceive themselves?
    People deceive themselves with their own version of events. Some parents try to deceive school officials and enroll their children in other districts. We should not deceive ourselves into thinking this will be the end of it. These were fraudulent transactions aimed at deceiving creditors and investors.

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    What is a deceive verb?
    Definition of deceive verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [transitive] to make somebody believe something that is not true deceive somebody Her husband had been deceiving her for years. deceive somebody into doing something She deceived him into handing over all his savings. Just don’t be fooled into investing any money with them.

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    What does deceiving yourself mean?
    [transitive] deceive yourself (that…) to refuse to admit to yourself that something unpleasant is true You're deceiving yourself if you think he'll change his mind. [transitive, intransitive] deceive (somebody) to make somebody have a wrong idea about somebody/something synonym mislead Unless my eyes deceive me, that's his wife.

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    What is deceive in psychology?
    It also forms a vital part of psychological warfare in denial and deception. Deceive is to deliberately cause someone to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain an advantage or personal benefit.

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