B2.2 1/4/19

de‧ceive /dɪˈsiːv/ ●○○ verb [transitive]   

1 to make someone believe something that is not true → deception

- He had been deceived by a young man claiming to be the son of a millionaire.

deceive somebody into doing something

- He tried to deceive the public into thinking the war could still be won.

deceive somebody about something

- I wouldn’t deceive you about anything as important as this.

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In everyday English, people usually say trick rather than deceive:

She thought they were trying to trick her.

ˈstag ˌparty noun [countable]   

a party for men only, especially on a night before a man’s wedding → hen party

me‧di‧a /ˈmiːdiə/ ●●● S2 W2 AWL noun   

1 → the media

2 the plural of medium → mass media, multimedia