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21 hoodwink
['hudwiŋk](to trick or deceive.) εξαπατώ -
22 impersonate
[im'pə:səneit](to copy the behaviour etc of or pretend to be (another person), sometimes in order to deceive: The comedian impersonated the prime minister.) υποδύομαι -
23 impostor
[im'postə](a person who pretends to be someone else, or to be something he is not, in order to deceive another person.) απατεώνας,τσαρλατάνος -
24 kid
I [kid] noun1) (a popular word for a child or teenager: They've got three kids now, two boys and a girl; More than a hundred kids went to the disco last night; ( also adjective) his kid brother (= younger brother).) παιδί2) (a young goat.) κατσικάκι3) (( also adjective) (of) the leather made from its skin: slippers made of kid; kid gloves.) από δέρμα κατσικιού, σεβρό)II [kid] past tense, past participle - kidded; verb(to deceive or tease, especially harmlessly: We were kidding him about the girl who keeps ringing him up; He kidded his wife into thinking he'd forgotten her birthday; He didn't mean that - he was only kidding!) δουλεύω, κοροιδεύω, κάνω πλάκα -
25 lead on
1) (to deceive with false expectations.) εξαπατώ, παρασύρω2) (to go first; to show the way: Lead on!) οδηγώ, δείχνω το δρόμο -
26 lead up the garden path
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27 masquerade
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28 pretend
[pri'tend]1) (to make believe that something is true, in play: Let's pretend that this room is a cave!; Pretend to be a lion!; He wasn't really angry - he was only pretending.) προσποιούμαι,κάνω(πως)2) (to try to make it appear (that something is true), in order to deceive: He pretended that he had a headache; She was only pretending to be asleep; I pretended not to understand.) προσποιούμαι,προφασίζομαι•- pretence- false pretences -
29 pull the wool over someone's eyes
(to deceive someone.) ξεγελώEnglish-Greek dictionary > pull the wool over someone's eyes
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30 sincere
[sin'siə]1) (true; genuine: a sincere desire; sincere friends.) ειλικρινής2) (not trying to pretend or deceive: a sincere person.) ντόμπρος•- sincerity -
31 take in
1) (to include: Literature takes in drama, poetry and the novel.) περιλαμβάνω2) (to give (someone) shelter: He had nowhere to go, so I took him in.) φιλοξενώ, παρέχω κατάλυμα3) (to understand and remember: I didn't take in what he said.) αντιλαμβάνομαι, χωνεύω4) (to make (clothes) smaller: I lost a lot of weight, so I had to take all my clothes in.) στενεύω5) (to deceive or cheat: He took me in with his story.) εξαπατώ -
32 throw dust in someone's eyes
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33 Befool
v. trans.Cheat: P. and V. ψεύδειν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Befool
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34 Cheat
v. trans.P. and V. ἀπατᾶν, ἐξαπατᾶν, παράγειν, κλέπτειν, Ar. and P. φενακίζειν, P. παρακρούεσθαι, γοητεύειν, Ar. and V. δολοῦν, V. φηλοῦν, παραταπᾶν, ἐκκλέπτειν; Ar. περιέρχεσθαι, ἐξαπατύλλειν; see Defraud, Beguile, Deceive.Baffle: P. and V. σφάλλειν, P. ἐκκρούειν.Be cheated, baulked of: P. and V. ψεύδεσθαι (gen.), σφάλλεσθαι (gen.), ἀποσφάλλεσθαι (gen.), ἁμαρτάνειν (gen.).He died in sorry plight by being cheated of his money: V. τέθνηκεν αἰσχρὸς χρημάτων ἀπαιόλῃ (Æsch., frag.).——————subs.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Cheat
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35 Coax
v. trans.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Coax
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36 Cozen
v. trans.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Cozen
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37 Credulous
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Credulous
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38 Dazzle
v. trans.Blind: P. and V. τυφλοῦν (Plat.), ἐκτυφλοῦν (Xen., also Ar.).——————subs.P. μαρμαρυγή, ἡ (Plat.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Dazzle
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39 Delude
v. trans.Deceive: P. and V. ἀπατᾶν, ἐξαπατᾶν, παράγειν, κλέπτειν, P. παρακρούεσθαι, γοητεύειν, Ar. and V. δολοῦν, V. φηλοῦν, παραπατᾶν, ἐκκλέπτειν; see Cheat.Lead astray: P. and V. πλανᾶν.Mock, baffle: P. and V. σφάλλειν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Delude
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40 Dupe
subs.One easily deceived: use adj., P. εὐεξαπάτητος.The deceived: P. and V. ὁ ἠπατημένος (perf. part. pass. of ἀπατᾶν).——————v. trans.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Dupe
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Deceive — De*ceive , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deceived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deceiving}.] [OE. deceveir, F. d[ e]cevoir, fr. L. decipere to catch, insnare, deceive; de + capere to take, catch. See {Capable}, and cf. {Deceit}, {Deception}.] 1. To lead into error;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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