Bluff
Bluff verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau
Dupe is a synonym for bluff in deceive topic. In some cases you can use "Dupe" instead the word "Bluff" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like honest.
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Dupe and Bluff. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bluff/dupe
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