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Tricked 500 in Spanish city (3,2)

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I believe the answer is:

led on

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'tricked' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'500 in spanish city' is the wordplay.
'500' becomes 'd' (Roman numeral for 500).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'spanish city' becomes 'leon' (I've seen this in other clues).
'd' going into 'leon' is 'LED ON'.

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(Other definitions for led on that I've seen before include "Persuaded - tricked" , "deceived" , "Took for a ride" , "Unwisely enticed" , "persuaded to do something foolish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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