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tricked

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verb

past tense of trick

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tricked
Verb
An impersonator may have tricked a Las Vegas nightclub last year, but those at the park Tuesday appeared convinced of their brush with Bieber. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 Because you can get tricked very quickly into thinking that acting is all about me. — David Katz, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 In the past couple of years, deepfakes have already tricked large firms like Arup into wiring $25 million to scammers. — Allyson Kapin, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 In September 2025, a judge dismissed the lawsuit, noting that consumers could still enjoy the treats even if they felt tricked by the wrappers. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Giovannoni showed that the free, open-source tool successfully tricked scammers into giving away their own private personal information, such as phone numbers, addresses, and even bank account details. — Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2026 Wilson didn’t arrive at her position because Republicans tricked her into it. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Scammers claiming to belong to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard have also tricked shipping firms into sending hefty payments to their cryptocurrency wallets in exchange for safe passage. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 27 July 2026 While the war ended years before, the hostility spread from the stands — with skirmishes among supporters — into the field, when Maradona tricked the referee and the world with the World Cup’s most infamous goal, punching the ball into the net with his fist above England’s goalie Peter Shilton. — Gabriel Sama, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricked
Adjective
  • Mulligan’s Lindsay is brittle, entitled and frequently cruel, giving the actress the chance to deliver scathing rejoinders and self-deluded justifications, all with a deep reservoir of personal disappointment.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Someone who has postpartum psychosis has lost touch with reality; in rare cases, women harm their children in a deluded effort to protect them.
    — Ayana Lage, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • And we will be fooled into believing that’s the best, or worst, thing comedy has to offer.
    — Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The balancing act Don’t be fooled by the lack of a back-up plan.
    — Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Instead, Denver retained possession and capitalized on the erroneous call to win.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • That a reporter or two heard of this normal process led to the erroneous inference that a change of leadership is imminent.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Some veterans say recruiters deceived them and Haitian authorities tortured them; their families call them scapegoats.
    — Astrid Suárez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the Colombians have long maintained that they were deceived about the mission and arrived at the home after Moïse had already been killed.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Tricked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricked. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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