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"had been deceived" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a past situation in which someone was misled or tricked. For example, "He quickly discovered that he had been deceived by the salesman's false promises."
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Once again America had been deceived about Africa.
I felt I had been deceived and had no recourse.
When he heard of it afterward, he bitterly complained that he had been deceived.
They had been deceived, they complained to the Syrian militant looking after them.
"He too had been deceived, and therefore became unwittingly involved in deceiving me.
He said he had been deceived and misled and accused the MetroStars of breach of contract.
Deloitte said it, and the public, had been deceived by Adelphia.
MPs said self-employed staff and contractors had been deceived by the company and owner Better Capital.
In fact, Mr. Milton's lawyer, Frederick Hafetz, claimed that his client had been deceived by Mr. Houldsworth and Mr. Napier.
Then I started going there and meeting people, and I realised that I had been deceived by Japanese militarism.
Mr. Stein said his team, which instructed its observers to leave the country, had been deceived by Peruvian officials.
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