play false

Verb

Meaning

conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

snow hoodwink smuggle bamboozle lead by the nose snowing pull the wool over someone's eyes

Hypernyms

betray deceive lead astray

Examples

because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie. Alan Paton

I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false. Mary Harris Jones

He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

play enough play ensemble play fair play fast and loose play favorites play field