Meaning & use
Fooled
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Deceived or tricked someone into believing something false.
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The magician fooled the entire audience with his sleight of hand.
She was fooled into thinking the email was from her bank.
A note on using this word
Common in the phrase 'fooled around,' meaning to waste time or joke, which has a very different sense from the deceptive meaning.
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informedenlightened
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