A person who tricks or lies to others in order to make them believe something false.
From Old French 'deceivir' from Latin 'decipere' (de- + capere, 'to take'). Originally meant 'to trap' or 'to ensnare', evolving to mean tricking the mind.
The Latin root 'capere' means 'to take'—and that's the same root in 'capture,' 'capable,' and 'intercept'! A deceiver literally 'takes' your belief away from you, just like capturing takes something.
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