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.
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Employees with administrative privileges were often tricked into authorizing malicious apps, while default permission settings allowed those apps to operate undetected.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The result has been an onslaught of scams targeting US users, many of whom have been tricked into depositing their funds through fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes.
—PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
In audits by Guardio, Comet was tricked into making fraudulent purchases from fake sites—completing entire checkout flows without human verification.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Many of the workers typing away for long hours inside these compounds have, like Sara, been tricked into working there, typically after responding to Facebook ads for legitimate-seeming jobs overseas.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The result has been an onslaught of scams targeting US users, many of whom have been tricked into depositing their funds through fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes.
—PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
In audits by Guardio, Comet was tricked into making fraudulent purchases from fake sites—completing entire checkout flows without human verification.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Many of the workers typing away for long hours inside these compounds have, like Sara, been tricked into working there, typically after responding to Facebook ads for legitimate-seeming jobs overseas.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Trick into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trick%20into. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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