 deceit |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the quality of being fraudulent | |
| Synonyms: | fraudulence | |
| Related terms: | dishonesty | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a misleading falsehood | |
| Synonyms: | misrepresentation deception | |
| Related terms: | falsehood subterfuge trickery snow_job exaggeration facade half-truth fraudulence evasion bill_of_goods humbug pretense deceive | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the act of deceiving | |
| Synonyms: | dissembling dissimulation deception | |
| Related terms: | falsification misrepresentaation pretense trickery delusion illusion imposture obscurantism duplicity bluff cheat indirection fakery take-in dissimulate | |
| Similar spelling: |
Descoteau deuced deist |
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