DECEIT

deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation

(noun) the act of deceiving

fraudulence, deceit

(noun) the quality of being fraudulent

deceit, misrepresentation, deception

(noun) a misleading falsehood

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

deceit (plural deceits)

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

An act of deceiving someone.

(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.

(legal) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.

Synonyms

• (act or behavior intended to deceive): trick, fraud

• (act of deceiving): deception, trickery

• (state of being deceptive): underhandedness, deceptiveness, deceitfulness, dissimulation, fraudulence, trickery

• See also deception

Source: Wiktionary

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De*ceit", n. Etym: [OF. deceit, des, decept (cf. deceite, de), fr. L. deceptus deception, fr. decipere. See Deceive.]

1. An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud. Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit. Amos viii. 5. Friendly to man, far from deceit or guile. Milton. Yet still we hug the dear deceit. N. Cotton.

2. (Law)

Definition: Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.

Syn.

– Deception; fraud; imposition; duplicity; trickery; guile; falsifying; double-dealing; stratagem. See Deception.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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