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v. To deceive the mind or judgment of: fraudulent ads that delude consumers into sending in money. See Synonyms at deceive.

v. Obsolete To elude or evade.

v. Obsolete To frustrate the hopes or plans of.

v. To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.

v. To frustrate or disappoint.

v. 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.

v. To frustrate or disappoint.

To deceive; impose upon; mislead the mind or judgment of; beguile; cheat.

To frustrate or disappoint; elude; evade.

Synonyms Mislead, Delude (see mislead); to cozen, dupe, lead astray.

v. be false to; be dishonest with

"African Union summit, Mugabe said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should not "delude" himself into thinking the result of the June 27 poll could be expunged from the record books and should renounce his claims to the presidency."

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victimize    victimise   

wander    play a trick on    fox    entrap    chisel    fool    play tricks    shill    gull    play a joke on   

cheat    beguile    deceive    cajole    dupe    mislead   

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misguided    credulous    superstitious    deprave    ignorant    unhappy    benighted    ungrateful    unsuspecting    needy