promenaded

"To be Promenaded" -to be promised a wonderful pedestrian-friendly main street area by housing developers before you purchase their expensive homes - then to have that promise disappear after they have banked your money. To be duped, tricked, lied to, deceived or by (someone) by being cunning or skillful. "buyers can be tricked by savvy sellers" synonyms: deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, gull, hoax, bamboozle, entrap; More use deception to make someone do (something). "he tricked her into parting with the money" use deception to deprive someone of (something). "the king was tricked out of his land" The city of Dublin, California was most definitely promenaded in the neighborhoods off Tassajara in the early 21st century.