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欺く

あざむく

to deceive

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Examples

  1. 消費者を欺く広告だ。

    しょうひしゃをあざむくこうこくだ。

    It is an advertisement that deceives consumers.

  2. 世間を欺いていたことが発覚した。

    せけんをあざむいていたことがはっかくした。

    It came to light that he had been deceiving the public.

  3. 昼を欺くほどの明るさだった。

    ひるをあざむくほどのあかるさだった。

    It was bright enough to pass for daylight.

Common patterns

人を欺く
to deceive people
世間を欺く
to deceive the public
目を欺く
to fool the eye

Memory tip

The formal written cousin of 騙す, the verb newspapers and court rulings use. There is also a literary pattern 〜を欺く meaning 'so like X that it fools you', as in 昼を欺く明るさ.

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