Tra từ deceive - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

see also LIE, HONEST, TRUST
- to make sb think or believe sth that is not true: deceive sb (into ※¦), trick sb (into ※¦), fool sb (into ※¦)
He didn't deceive me for long. ◎ He fooled me into thinking it would be really easy.
- to persuade sb to do sth by deceiving them: deceive/fool sb (into doing sth)
They were deceived into giving him all their money.
- to persuade sb to believe sth or do sth by saying or promising sth that is false: take* sb in
Don't be taken in by his charming manner. He's a liar and a cheat.
- the act of deceiving sb: deceit (noun U), deception (noun U)
He got the money out of me by deceit.
- a thing that you do in order to deceive sb: trick, hoax, (formal) deception
The whole story of her disappearance turned out to be a hoax. ◎ a cruel deception
- a person who carries out hoaxes: hoaxer
- to act dishonestly or unfairly in order to get sth, usually money, from sb or to win a game or competition: cheat; a person who cheats: cheat
He often cheats at cards, so watch him. ◎ My sister's a terrible cheat.
- to take sth, usually money, from sb in a dishonest or unfair way: cheat sb out of sth
The company cheated its employees out of the pensions they had paid for.
- to cheat sb by asking too much money for sth: (informal) rip sb off
You paid ※£100 for that watch? You've been ripped off!
- to change sth, particularly a document or information, in order to deceive people: falsify sth
The police were accused of falsifying evidence.
- the crime of deceiving sb in order to get money: fraud (noun C/U)
He was sent to prison for fraud.
- a person or action that is dishonest and tries to deceive people is deceitful (adverb deceitfully)
It was such a deceitful thing to do - I shall never trust her again.
- if sb is good or clever at deceiving people, they are cunning (adverb cunningly)
a cunning liar
- if sth is likely to deceive sb or give a false impression, it is deceptive (adverb deceptively), misleading
Appearances can be deceptive. ◎ deceptively easy (= not as easy as it looks)
I think the programme gave a rather misleading impression of what's actually happening.
※ pretending to do sth or be sth
- to seem to do sth or to be sth in order to deceive sb: pretend (to do/be sth), pretend (that) ※¦
She's not really ill - she's only pretending! ◎ When he saw his boss coming, he pretended to be busy. ◎ We got into the pub by pretending we were over eighteen.
- to pretend to be feeling sth: put* sth on
Don't worry about him being angry with you. He was just putting it on.
- to pretend to be sb else: pose as sb/sth
He tried to get into the concert free by posing as a newspaper reporter.
- a person who poses as sb else in order to deceive people: impostor
- to pretend to be another person by copying the way they act or speak: impersonate sb; noun: impersonation
He makes us laugh by impersonating famous people.
※ copying the behaviour of a person BEHAVIOUR
- clothes, false hair, etc that you wear so that nobody recognizes you: disguise (noun C/U); to wear a disguise: disguise sb/yourself (as sb/sth)
I wonder if he would recognize us if we put on a disguise? ◎ She decided to go to the party in disguise so nobody would recognize her. ◎ The thief disguised himself as a security guard.
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- if sb can easily be deceived because they believe what other people tell them, they are gullible; noun (U): gullibility
You can be so gullible sometimes!
- pretending to think or feel sth which in reality you do not: hypocrisy (noun U); adjective: hypocritical (adverb hypocritically)
He had the hypocrisy to say that people shouldn't behave like that! ◎ Politicians are so hypocritical, always saying one thing and doing another.
- a person who is hypocritical: hypocrite