View somebody as, treat someone like

[realEnglish]

I have seen the expressions of "view somebody as" and "treat someone like", but couldn't remember I've ever seen "see someone as".

1. "View somebody as" means the impression of someone that is not who he/she is and often some actions would follow.
Are there other expressions to say the same?

2. "Treat someone like" means doing something to someone who doesn't deserve it.
Are there other expressions to say the same?

3. Is the expression of "see someone as" also used by native speakers?

 

[emsr2d2]

As always, please give us full sentences to consider.

 

[Tarheel]

1. "View somebody as" means the impression of someone that is not who he/she is and often some actions would follow.

It's hard to know what you mean by that.

I might view someone as superior to me, and I might be right or I might be wrong.

I don't think it means what you think it means.

You might want to post some complete sentences using that expression.

 

[realEnglish]

It's hard to know what you mean by that.

I might view someone as superior to me, and I might be right or I might be wrong.

I don't think it means what you think it means.

You might want to post some complete sentences using that expression.

Thanks!

Your reply has already helped me.

In your above sentence, "view someone as" means "I think someone is".

But it's not my question. I am trying to find the terms to describe what I am describing.

If who I think someone is is not who someone actually is out of my own wishes (a twisted impression) and, sometimes I even go further, I would do something to someone based on my own twisted impression of him/her, what should I say?

For example:

1. The fraud quickly discovered that the man was friendly and unsuspecting. He then believed he'd got the right victim and started to defraud, while in fact the friendly man was a plain-clothes policeman.

The fraud (what word here?) the man (what word here?) the right victim. (I know "mistake ... for" works. Are there other terms that fit that situation?)

2. Bob is domineering in our company but in fact he's just an ordinary employee without an important role. The new employees don't know that and they (what word I should use here?) him (is "as" correct here?) an important person and some even behave submissively before him.

3. "Treat someone like (who someone is not)."

Before people treat someone like ..., they may deliberately (what word here?) someone (what word here?) someone to justify their treatment.

He visited his sister to borrow some money. But she brushed him off like a beggar.
His sister (what word here) him (what word here) a beggar.

 

[Tarheel]

If who I think someone is is not who someone actually is out of my own wishes (a twisted impression) and, sometimes I even go further, I would do something to someone based on my own twisted impression of him/her, what should I say?

Unfortunately, that is confusing to me. Perhaps you could rewrite that extremely long sentence, substituting three or four shorter sentences for it.

 

[realEnglish]

Unfortunately, that is confusing to me. Perhaps you could rewrite that extremely long sentence, substituting three or four shorter sentences for it.

I rewrite it in a wrong way but it's easier for you to understand.

I (see/view) someone (what word here) what to justify my actions.

I see him as a thief and beat him. (The fact is he's not a thief but, what I see him as justifies my action, either knowingly or unknowingly.)
I see him as God and worship him. (The fact is he's not God but, what I see him as justifies what I do to him.)

 

[Tarheel]

I rewrite it in a wrong way but it's easier for you to understand.

I would hope you would rewrite it the right way. ;-)

I (see/view) someone (what word here) what to justify my actions.

I see someone a certain way, and that influences my behavior.

I see him as a thief and beat him. (The fact is he's not a thief but, what I see him as justifies my action, either knowingly or unknowingly.)
I see him as God and worship him. (The fact is he's not God but, what I see him as justifies what I do to him.)

Your views on somebody or something might influence your behavior but doesn't necessarily justify it.

I think we are making progress.

I know I have said this a hundred times, but you need to keep your sentences fairly short.