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# deceiver

«deceiver» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who deceives, that is, tricks people into…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a deceiver, deceivers)

### meaning for a pupil

A deceiver is a person who deceives, that is, tricks people into believing something false. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceiver/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories, fables and the Bible (the devil is sometimes called «the deceiver»). In everyday talk people say liar, cheat or trickster. It warns the reader not to trust that character.

### examples

- The deceiver promised gold but gave only stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceiver/#x1)
- In the fable, the fox was a clever deceiver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceiver/#x2)
- Christians believe the devil is «the great deceiver». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceiver/#x3)
- The online deceiver pretended to be a child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceiver/#x4)
- The queen soon discovered the deceiver's lies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceiver/#x5)
- A deceiver hides the truth to get what they want. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceiver/#x6)
- Then the son of the king of Tisean was thrown into prison, and the next day they put down a great fire, and the deceiver was burned to ashes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceiver/#x7)

### note

Countable. Verb: deceive (deceives, deceived). Spelling: «ei» after c. Similar: liar, cheat, trickster, fraud.

### In the corpora

- [With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.298/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deceiver» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceiver/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.