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Deceive someone inexperienced

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kid

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'deceive' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
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(Other definitions for kid that I've seen before include "To fool; young animal" , "Deceive - child" , "Soft leather" , "Jest" , "Young animal or child" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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