Deceive and Evade

Deceive

Deceive verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.

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Evade and deceive are semantically related In some cases you can use "Evade" instead a verb "Deceive".

Nearby Words: deception, deceit, deceptive, deceiving, deceiver

Evade

Evade verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

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Deceive and evade are semantically related in cheat topic. Sometimes you can use "Deceive" instead a verb "Evade", if it concerns topics such as get away from.

Nearby Words: evasion, evading, evader

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Common collocations

people	deceive people	evade people
enemy	deceive enemy	evade enemy
humans	deceive humans	evade humans
attacks	deceive attacks	evade attacks
Other words: forces, opponents, enemies, soldiers, heroes.

Both words in one sentence

As it says elsewhere on this page, not only can he not lie, but he can't even evade the truth, deceive while remaining silent or choose not to answer.

Source: Film / Liar Liar

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