verb
- past tense and past participle of deceive; caused someone to believe something that is not true
Examples
- She felt deceived when she learned the truth about his lies.
- The customers were deceived by the false advertising.
- He had been deceived into thinking the investment was safe.
- The magician deceived the audience with his clever tricks.
- They were deceived by his friendly appearance.
- The fake documents deceived the officials for months.