deceiver

American  

[dih-see-ver] / dɪˈsi vər /

noun

• deceivers
  plural

1. one who misleads another or others by a false appearance or statement, especially one who does so habitually.

   Far from being a historian, he is a deceiver who invents, manipulates, and modifies documents.

2. Often Deceiver the devil; Satan.

   My orders as a bishop are to execute the holy rites for demonic exorcism; I do not plan to leave these good sisters at the mercy of the Deceiver.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• predeceiver
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• deceivers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of deceiver

First recorded in 1350–1400; deceiv(e) ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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deceiver deceivers

Trauma is a nasty deceiver, both in the way it makes survivors distrust their memories and the way we, its witnesses, interpret it in the context of everything we see.

From Salon ● May 20, 2023

Santos isn’t trans, but it can’t be good to have this new element folded into the larger story of the congressman as a liar and a deceiver.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2023

Jacob was a popular boy’s name in Old Testament times, and meant "the one who grasps," "the angler," "the deceiver" or "the supplanter."

From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2022

When we look at photos of Mr. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, coming and going from court, he tends to be smiling, the proud, bold deceiver.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2018

“Mr. Curtain is the big deceiver, remember? We can beat him at his own game!”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Winter Miller, a playwright and children’s book author based in Brooklyn, taunts her deceivers in the name of getting people to laugh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

"Reuters, they are some deceivers, liars," López Obrador said during his regular news conference, which is held every weekday morning.

From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2023

Rhys' and Jack's divided personalities aren't outliers in the realm of ambitious deceivers, especially at this moment.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2023

The deceivers were shut down and forced to pay $95,000 to a legitimate veterans charity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2021

They were all deceivers and spies, trained to prey on people like him, people without their unnatural gifts.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo