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Having been tricked, cheated or duped

Having been misled or misinformed

To be cunningly tricked into doing something, usually in an incriminating way

To have exploited someone for one's personal gain

Past tense for to be unfaithful to one's regular spouse or partner

Past tense for to alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

Past tense for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

Past tense for to conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)

Past tense for to be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner

Past tense for to make a false show or pretense of

Past tense for to demonstrate or expose the falsehood of something

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Adjective

Having been tricked, cheated or duped

taken for a ride

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“Esau is depicted as the deceived victim, forced into the exchange by his ravenous state, seemingly not conscious of ramifications from the sale.”

Adjective

Having been misled or misinformed

Verb

To be cunningly tricked into doing something, usually in an incriminating way

put one over on

pulled a fast one on

took for a ride

taken for a ride

pulled a swifty on

led up the garden path

pulled the wool over someone's eyes

pulled one's leg

led down the garden path

outmaneuvered^US

taken advantage of

took advantage of

outmanoeuvred^UK

taken to the cleaners

took to the cleaners

pulled a fast one

done a number on

did a number on

put on the wrong track

sold down the river

gave someone a bum steer

put on false front

put up smoke screen

given someone a bum steer

sold a bill of goods to

sold a bill of goods

played a trick on

propagandized^US

played for a sucker

sent on a wild goose chase

did the dirty on

propagandised^UK

played trick on

put someone up to something

pulled fast one

led up garden path

played games with

hit below the belt

stabbed in the back

run rings round

pulled someone's leg

done the dirty on

made rings round

thrown off the scent

stole a march on

threw off the scent

got the better of

gotten the better of

stolen a march on

done someone in the eye

took to cleaners

stretched the truth

ran rings round

gave the wrong impression

made a monkey of

sent on a wild-goose chase

made a sucker of

given wrong information to

played for a fool

pulled wool over

played fast and loose with

stacked the cards

slipped something over on

pulled something funny

given the wrong impression

stretched the rules

made somebody look an idiot

did someone in the eye

taken to cleaners

laid a trap for

gave wrong information to

committed perjury

made a monkey out of

twisted around your little finger

given the runaround

gave the runaround

given bum steer

broken the rules

broke the rules

went one better than

gone one better than

lain under oath

beared false witness

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“He helped disguise loans as sales in order to boost the company's revenue and thereby deceive the public as well as government regulators.”

Verb

To have exploited someone for one's personal gain

took advantage of

used for one's own ends

treated lightly

walked all over

played for a sucker

taken advantage of

taken liberties with

took liberties with

put one over on

took for a ride

taken for a ride

lived off the backs of

made unfair claims on

treated unfairly

withheld rights from

done an injustice to

did an injustice to

crossed the line

turned to account

given the business

gave the business

benefitted from

took unfair advantage of

taken unfair advantage of

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Verb

Past tense for to be unfaithful to one's regular spouse or partner

“She did not truly believe that her husband would ever deceive her with another woman.”

Verb

Past tense for to alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

put the wrong slant on

quoted out of context

stretched the truth

took out of context

taken out of context

given a false picture of

gave a false picture of

put words in someone's mouth

interfered with

quoted incorrectly

romanticised^UK

romanticized^US

gave a false account of

given a false account of

gave a false impression of

given a false impression of

given a false idea of

gave a false idea of

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Verb

Past tense for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

stretched the truth

departed from the truth

forswore oneself

forsworn oneself

made up a story

invented a story

not told the truth

told a terminological inexactitude

created fiction

spoke with forked tongue

spoken with forked tongue

pulled the wool over someone's eyes

told a little white lie

pulled someone's leg

put on the wrong track

told an untruth

told a falsehood

concocted a story

said something untrue

committed perjury

perjured oneself

sent on a wild goose chase

told a white lie

thrown off the scent

beared false witness

threw off the scent

gave the wrong impression

given the wrong impression

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Verb

Past tense for to conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)

went through the motions

gone through the motions

made a pretense

put on a false front

presented a false face

presented a false front

put up a smoke screen

shucked and jived

passed oneself off as

played the part of

put up a smokescreen

put on a false display

made a pretence of

kept quiet about

stricken an attitude

swept under the carpet

claimed falsely

pretended to be

struck an attitude

disguised yourself

drawn a veil over

made a pretense of

swept under the rug

kept under your hat

copped an attitude

behaved affectedly

made inconspicuous

stricken a pose

falsely represented

assumed an attitude

drew a veil over

assumed the role

given the appearance of

gave the appearance of

given appearance of

gave appearance of

went through the motions of

gone through the motions of

given a false identity to

gave a false identity to

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Verb

Past tense for to be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner

Verb

Past tense for to make a false show or pretense of

Verb

Past tense for to demonstrate or expose the falsehood of something

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