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deceived

/dɪˈsiːvd/

Meanings
verb
To trick or mislead.

Examples :

"The dishonest salesman deceived the customer into buying a broken television. "
character action mind moral human

Related Words

Illustration television

television noun

/ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən/

An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.

"It’s a good thing that television doesn’t transmit smell."

Illustration dishonest

dishonest adjective

/dɪˈsɒnɪst/ /dɨˈsɑnɪst/

Not honest.

"The student was being dishonest when he claimed he didn't cheat on the test, even though he was looking at his neighbor's paper. "

Illustration trick

trick noun

/tɹɪk/

Something designed to fool or swindle.

"It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced."

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customer noun

/ˈkʌstəmə/ /ˈkʌstəmɚ/

A patron, a client; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.

"Every person who passes by is a potential customer."

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration mislead

mislead verb

/mɪsˈliːd/

To lead astray, in a false direction.

"The advertisement misled consumers about the product's performance. "

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into preposition

/ˈɪn.tuː/ /ˈɪn.tu/

To or towards the inside of.

"Mary danced into the house."

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or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

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salesman noun

/ˈseɪlzmən/ /ˈseɪlsmən/

A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop/store or elsewhere.

"The salesman at the electronics store showed my dad several different laptops. "

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broken verb

/ˈbɹəʊkən/

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

"If the vase falls to the floor, it might break."

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buying verb

/ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ/

To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods

"She is buying groceries at the supermarket. "