1. to deceive or trick someone; to mock or jeer at
Usage: formal or literary; third-person singular present tense of 'illude'

Examples

• The magician illudes the audience with clever sleight of hand.
• False advertising illudes consumers into buying inferior products.
• He illudes his critics by pretending their comments do not matter.
• The con artist illudes victims with promises of easy wealth.
• Optical illusions illude the eye and confuse perception.