as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
good-hearted contributors have been gammoned into believing that most of the charity's funds go to the needy and not into the pockets of the administrators
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These include data poisoning, where training datasets are manipulated to compromise models, and adversarial attacks, which involve subtle input changes to deceive AI systems.—
Piyush Ranjan,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025 -
And unless my eyes deceive me, the shine is turned up to 11 thanks to shimmer in her middle part.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
8 Jan. 2025
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What began as an amusing alter ego created to trick a boss has now become a legitimate presence on credit reports, background checks and even tenant records, admitted original poster (OP) Cweev10 on Reddit this week.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Elon Musk can try to trick gamers, to argue with them, to post their DMs against his own Terms of Service.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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However, others have questioned how she was so easily fooled.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The attackers disguise themselves as fake Google Ads login pages to fool advertisers, who are then phished for their account credentials.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Gammon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gammon. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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