the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)] > be deceived (3)
to get a geck: to be deceived or tricked. to give one the geck: to mock, trick, deceive one.
intransitive. figurative. Of a person: to react to provocation. Chiefly in to rise to the bait.
intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To allow oneself to be deceived by, to be taken in by (a lie, trick, etc.).