deceive

About 2.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To trick or mislead.

   It feels painful to begin seeing clearly, that you’ve been deceived by the very people and institutions you trusted to guide you.

Similar words

lead on delude betray lead astray cozen trick deceit swindle defraud cheat

Often followed by

the me you us ourselves him themselves and them

Word family

deceived deceiver deceivers deceives deceiving deceivingly