per-dēcĭpĭo

cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a.
I. to deceive utterly (late Lat.): aurum populum ... sic specie perdecepit, ut hoc esse deum crederent, Petr. Chrys. Serm. 29.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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