Usually means: Deceive someone with clever trickery.
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▸ verb:  (transitive) To convince or deceive someone into believing something untrue.


Opposite:
fall for, be taken in, be fooled, be deceived

Types:
con, scam, swindle, bunk, cheat, fleecing, rooking, sham, more...

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Opposite:
fall for, be taken in, be fooled, be deceived

Types:
con, scam, swindle, bunk, cheat, fleecing, rooking, sham, more...




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