Deceive and Help

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Deceive verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.

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Help is an antonym for deceive in mislead topic.

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Deceive is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

friend	deceive friend	help friend
people	deceive people	help people
someone	deceive someone	help someone
crew	deceive crew	help crew
Other words: rest, characters, world, anyone, player, everyone, humans, friends, players, heroes.

Said maidservant later imitates Antonia (while the real Antonia is elsewhere) to deceive the Malwa, mostly with the help of said obscene cuirass.

Source: Literature / Belisarius Series
Hope Springs Eternal: In Hesiod's story of Pandora's Box, hope was in the box (jar) to either help mortals, or deceive them.

Source: Older Than Feudalism
While mostly played for the sake of dark humor, the general message is the same; people will manipulate your sense of justice, honor or altruism to deceive you and sometimes the worst thing you can do for a person is giving them the help they seek.

Source: Family-Unfriendly Aesop

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