trick into
phrasal verb
tricked into; tricking into; tricks into
: to use a trick to make (someone or something) do (something)
He was tricked into buying the car.
Examples of trick into in a Sentence
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The plaintiff, Abraham Bielski, accused Coinbase of weak security practices and stated that he was tricked into letting a scammer access his Coinbase account, leading to a $31,000 loss.
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 23 May 2024
Young men are being tricked into sending naked pictures to scammers pretending to be women — who then demand money.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Several states require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrants before deploying devices that mimic cell towers to obtain data from the devices tricked into connecting to it.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 4 May 2024
In that scenario, your brain lacks reference points for accurate depth perception, and it can easily be tricked into perceiving the plane as motionless.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2024
In Hong Kong, a finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake AI technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to local police.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
During the investigation, deputies learned that Alberts had allegedly been tricked into signing over her home in the wealthy Santa Barbara County neighborhood.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2024
Later as part of that same scam, the Troy man was tricked into handing over his credit union information.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2024
Users can be tricked into giving up the one-time codes that some MFA solutions depend upon.
—Atul Tulshibagwale, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 23 May 2024
Young men are being tricked into sending naked pictures to scammers pretending to be women — who then demand money.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Several states require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrants before deploying devices that mimic cell towers to obtain data from the devices tricked into connecting to it.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 4 May 2024
In that scenario, your brain lacks reference points for accurate depth perception, and it can easily be tricked into perceiving the plane as motionless.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2024
In Hong Kong, a finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake AI technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to local police.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
During the investigation, deputies learned that Alberts had allegedly been tricked into signing over her home in the wealthy Santa Barbara County neighborhood.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2024
Later as part of that same scam, the Troy man was tricked into handing over his credit union information.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2024
Users can be tricked into giving up the one-time codes that some MFA solutions depend upon.
—Atul Tulshibagwale, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Trick into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trick%20into. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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