play false, v.
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
<verb.communication>
bamboozle hoodwink lead by the nose play false pull the wool over someone's eyes snow
sample sentences
"He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym