deceive — OAT

deceive

verb

1 she had been deceived by a clever confidence trickster:

swindle, defraud, cheat, trick, hoodwink, hoax, dupe, take in, mislead, delude, fool, outwit, misguide, lead on, inveigle, seduce, ensnare, entrap, beguile, double-cross, gull;

informal con, bamboozle, do, sting, diddle, rip off, shaft, bilk, rook, pull a fast one on, pull someone's leg, take for a ride, pull the wool over someone's eyes, throw dust in someone's eyes, put one over on, take to the cleaners;

British, informal fiddle, swizzle, sell a pup to;

North American, informal sucker, snooker, stiff, euchre, bunco, hornswoggle;

Australian, informal pull a swifty on;

archaic cozen, sharp;

rare mulct.

2 he had deceived her with another woman:

be unfaithful to, be disloyal to, be untrue to, be inconstant to, cheat on, cheat, betray, break one's promise to, play someone false, fail, let down;

informal two-time.