deceived

deceived

modif.

1. Led astray

   duped, gulled, fooled, humbugged, hoaxed, trifled with, culled, snared, trapped, lured, decoyed, baited, played, hoodwinked, betrayed, circumvented, thwarted, bamboozled, victimized, sucked in*, conned*, hauled for a sucker*, taken*, had*. *

   Antonyms trusted*, dealt with openly, informed. *

2. Led into an erroneous conclusion

   deluded, misled, mistaken, misapprehending; see mistaken 1.

3. Cheated

   defrauded, imposed upon, swindled; see cheated.