as in misleading
tending or having power to deceive
the deceiving nature of most flat maps of the globe causes some people to believe erroneously that Greenland is actually bigger than South America
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as in tricking
to cause to believe what is untrue
he went to great lengths to deceive his family about the nature of his new job at the mall
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Recent Examples of deceiving
Spin Staff, SPIN, 1 Oct. 2024
McLaughlin is accused of deceiving dog owners and rescue groups nationwide to acquire animals needing specialized care, according to police.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
Fabrication and misrepresentation—forging documents, counterfeiting letters, making up sources, creating false identities, inventing front organizations, and deceiving audiences—were, for a century, a prominent part of the Soviet Union’s political warfare.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2024
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In the complaint, Michel blames Hill for mismanaging and deceiving her bandmates about the tour’s finances.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 1 Oct. 2024
McLaughlin is accused of deceiving dog owners and rescue groups nationwide to acquire animals needing specialized care, according to police.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
Fabrication and misrepresentation—forging documents, counterfeiting letters, making up sources, creating false identities, inventing front organizations, and deceiving audiences—were, for a century, a prominent part of the Soviet Union’s political warfare.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceiving
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But deceptive narrative and form are not what wreaked havoc on Catherine’s life.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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See Arizona election results | Live coverage on Election Day Labor activists, on the other hand, have called the measure a deceptive sham.Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Bear in mind that his campaign was replete with false claims — about immigration, jobs, inflation, crime and more.Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Oz is the Penguin now — like everyone in Batman’s Rogues Gallery, a caricature of his own trauma, drawn to criminal means of false liberation.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images and occasionally organize an entire page of results, despite the technology’s past misadventures with misleading information.Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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Understanding Fake Reviews Fake reviews are deliberately misleading statements designed to manipulate public opinion.Lauren Parr, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Deceiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceiving. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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