Deceive, mislead, delude, beguile, betray, double-cross mean to lead astray or into evil or to frustrate by underhandedness or craft.
A person or thing deceives one by leading one to take something false as true, something nonexistent as real, something counterfeit as genuine, something injurious as helpful: the term may imply no more than a chance or inadvertent confusing or it may suggest a deliberate ensnaring or entrapping for the agent’s own and often evil ends.
A person or thing misleads one by causing one to follow a wrong path, way, or course or to fall into error.
A person or thing deludes one by deceiving or misleading one so completely as to make one a fool, a dupe, or so befuddled as to be incapable of distinguishing the false from the true.
A person or, less often, a thing, beguiles one by using such subtle and usually agreeable or alluring devices as to mislead, deceive, or delude one.
A person or thing betrays one by using deception or treachery to deliver one into the hands of an enemy or put one in a dangerous or false position.
A person double-crosses another and usually a friend, partner, or accomplice by deceiving or betraying him, especially by double-dealing or duplicity.