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One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.

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  1. n. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.
  2. n. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
  3. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor. The deceived and the deceiver are his. Job xii. 16. Syn. -- Deceiver, Impostor. A deceiver operates by stealth and in private upon individuals; an impostor practices his arts on the community at large. The one succeeds by artful falsehoods, the other by bold assumption. The faithless friend and the fickle lover are deceivers; the false prophet and the pretended prince are impostors.
  4. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; animpostor.The deceived and the deceiver are his. Job xii. 16.
  5. n:100 n. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true