Fool and Sting

Fool

Fool verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.

Usage example: I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party

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Sting and fool are semantically related. in con topic. In some cases you can use "Sting" instead a verb "Fool". informal substitute

Sting verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.

Usage example: swindlers who sting unwary tourists by posing as officials demanding money

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Fool and sting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fool" instead a verb "Sting".

Nearby Words: stinging, stingy, stinginess, stinger, stingily

old	old fool	old sting
elaborate	elaborate fool	elaborate sting
ordinary	ordinary fool	ordinary sting
real	real fool	real sting
Other adjectives: dangerous, little, young, happy, famous, next, bigger.

character	fool character	sting character
people	fool people	sting people
human	fool human	sting human
someone	fool someone	sting someone
Other words: time, bit, anyone, opponent, enemy, everyone, humans, times, opponents, enemies, guys, villains, bees.

After "You never had it so good" (see above) possibly his best known quote is, "You know, I always thought he looked a bloody fool in men's clothes"; describing Sir Laurence Olivier, who had been caught in a police "sting" operation to entrap suspected homosexuals.

Source: Useful Notes / Harold Macmillan
He was once caught by a plainclothes policeman in a public toilet in an entrapment sting to catch homosexuals; the reaction of the Prime Minister of the time, Harold Macmillan, was, "you know, I always thought he looked a bloody fool in men's clothes".

Source: Creator / Laurence Olivier
Fake-Out Make-Out: Two Interpol agents, guarding a room where their colleagues are setting up a sting operation to try to catch Electra, do this but they can't fool Miguel, who plugs them both (as well as a hotel maid who witnesses the killings) and then confiscates their ID's and weapons.

Source: Film / Assassins

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