deceive
verb (used with object)
to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude.
Example Sentences
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A report from the UK's Centre for Long Term Resilience, external, published last week, identified hundreds of incidents of AI tools ignoring instructions, evading safeguards and deceiving humans, including AI agents deleting files without consent.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
AI companies have reported that AI agents have been caught cheating, lying and deceiving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Two days after his incident with Santana, Caballero was called for a pitch-clock violation when umpires deemed that he was attempting to circumvent the rules by deceiving the pitcher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
At some point in childhood, through one classic fable or another, most of us absorb the lesson that looks can be deceiving.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
Maybe my eyes were deceiving me, but I swear the skin of his upper torso was covered with patches of green moss.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
