delude
I
verb
be cunning, befool, beguile, bluff, cause error, cheat, cozen, create a false impression, cully, dazzle, deceive, decoy, defraud, deludere, dissemble, dupe, falsify, fool, give a false idea, give a false impression, gull, hoax, hoodwink, illude, inveigle, lead astray, lead into error, make a fool of, misdirect, misguide, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, mystify, persuade to believe error, play a trick on, practice chicanery, practice fraud upon, practice upon one's credulity, swindle, take advantage of, take in, trick
II
index
bait (lure), betray (lead astray), bilk, circumvent, deceive, defraud, dupe, ensnare, evade (deceive), fabricate (make up), fake, feign, hoodwink, illude, inveigle, lie (falsify), misguide, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, palter, pretend, prevaricate
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006