Verb

• S: (v) lead off, lead astray (teach immoral behavior to) "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"
• S: (v) mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray (lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions) "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
• S: (v) deceive, betray, lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth) "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) pose, impersonate, personate (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions) "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
• S: (v) masquerade (pretend to be someone or something that you are not) "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"
• S: (v) bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false (conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end) "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
• S: (v) gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across (fool or hoax) "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
• S: (v) pull the leg of, kid (tell false information to for fun) "Are you pulling my leg?"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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• derivationally related form
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