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Answer for the clue "Took in, in a way ", 6 letters:
hoaxed

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hoax \Hoax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoaxed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoaxing .] To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. --Lamb.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: hoax )

Usage examples of hoaxed.

But anyone simply reading an account of it would conclude that I was gullible, that you had hoaxed me with some simple legerdemain.

All I know is that Laurie has hoaxed her into believing that there is not a place to be had in any of the stage-coaches, and that the Mail doesn't reach Leeds until four o'clock.

It was Mr Rushbury who told you about it, and he wouldn’t have hoaxed you!

Even Lady Peasmore was hoaxed, for she told Marianne that there was a certain sort of something to my dress which clearly showed that it had been designed by a modiste of the first stare!

Well, now I must introduce you to my sister, Lady Jevington,” responded Lady Buxted, rigidly cordial, and well-aware that Augusta had guessed how abominably she had been hoaxed, and was rejoicing in her discomfiture.