1. a person who deliberately misleads or tricks others

Examples

• The con artist was a skilled deceiver who fooled investors out of millions.
• She discovered her business partner was a deceiver when the audit revealed missing funds.
• Deception is the deceiver's primary tool.
• He was known as a deceiver in the community after his scheme was exposed.
• The deceiver's lies eventually caught up with him.
• Not every deceiver acts with malicious intent; some are driven by desperation.