deceive

1. (transitive) To trick or mislead.Examples: "It feels painful to begin seeing clearly, that you’ve been deceived by the very people and institutions you trusted to guide you."; "I know—for Death, who comes for me From regions of the blest afar, Where there is nothing to deceive, Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]"; "Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”"Synonyms: abuse, counterfeit, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff, overreachtransitive