deceive
verb (used with object)
to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude.
have deceived
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present perfectof deceive.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He told officers his daughter, with whom he was travelling, was "unaware" of what had happened and said, "I have deceived everyone".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
And he may have deceived the intelligence veterans he mingled with and worked alongside.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2017
He spoke of Rybolovlev’s paranoia, with its roots in the chaos of post-Soviet Russia, and how he could never have deceived a man like that for more than a decade.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2016
On Sunday, these officials said, the snowfall in parts of the snowfield was unusually shallow, with some of larger rocks covered with a thin dusting of snow that could have deceived Schumacher.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2013
Because I have deceived you and cannot deny all she proclaims, you may believe the more.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
