1. Berner.
2. Abuser. Tromper un naďf.
3. Déjouer. Tromper une surveillance.
4. Décevoir. Tromper des espoirs.
5. (Pron.) S'égarer. Se tromper en route.
6. (Pron.) (de) Confondre. Se tromper de personne.
1. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil.
3. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to divert.
1. To defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit; SYN. chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey.
2. To deprive somebody of something by deceit; SYN. beat, rip off, sell short.
3. To engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud.
1. To act with artful deceit.
2. To cheat or trick.
3. To coax or deceive by trickery.
1. To be false to; be dishonest with; SYN. lead on, delude, cozen.
2. To cause someone to believe an untruth; SYN. betray, lead astray.
1. To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.
2. To frustrate or disappoint.
1. To deceive; to trick.
2. To duplicate.
To make a fool or dupe of; SYN. dupe, gull, befool.
To deceive by false appearance.
(Homonym: lye).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: lied).
1. To tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive.
2. To make an untrue statement with intent to deceive.
3. To create a false or misleading impression.
4. To bring about by telling lies.
1. To lead someone in the wrong direction; SYN. misguide, lead astray.
2. To lead astray; give a wrong impression
To make mysterious
To beat through cleverness and wit; SYN. overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent.