All deceive synonyms

verb deceive

• mislead — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
• fool — to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
• trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
• victimize — to make a victim of.
• cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
• swindle — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
• dupe — duplicate.
• betray — If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
• disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
• hoodwink — to deceive or trick.
• circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
• falsify — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
• defraud — If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
• delude — If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
• scam — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
• clip — A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
• rob — to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
• hoax — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
• hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
• beguile — If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
• fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
• sell — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
• screw — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
• gouge — a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
• gull — a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
• outwit — to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
• cozen — to cheat or trick (someone)
• bamboozle — To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• burn — If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
• humbug — something intended to delude or deceive.
• fleece — the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
• bilk — To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it.
• skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
• con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
• buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
• cuckold — A cuckold is a man whose wife is having an affair with another man.
• two-time — to be unfaithful to (a lover or spouse).
• step out — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
• lie to — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
• misinform — to give false or misleading information to.
• victimise — to make a victim of.
• double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
• put on — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
• take advantage of — any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
• take in — the act of taking.
• cross up — to confuse or disorder
• lead on — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
• suck in — to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
• take for — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.