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1. (n.) deceit
the act or practice of deceiving.
2. deceit
a stratagem intended to deceive.
3. deceit
the quality of being deceitful; duplicity.
Etymology: (1225–75; deceite < OF, n. use of fem. of deceit, ptp. of deceivre to deceive)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fraudulence, deceit
the quality of being fraudulent
2. (noun) misrepresentation, deceit, deception
a misleading falsehood
3. (noun) deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
the act of deceiving
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1. (noun) deceit
behavior that deceives
lies and deceit; a deceitful act
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) deceit
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
2. (noun) deceit
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
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Sense: (an act of) deceiving
She was too honest to be capable of deceit.
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 Afrikaans: bedrog, kullery |
 Arabic: خُدْعَه، خِداع |
 Bulgarian: измама |
 Brazilian: trapaça |
 Czech: podvod |
 German: der Betrug |
 Danish: bedrageri |
 Greek: απάτη |
 Spanish: engaño, trampa, fraude, m |
 Estonian: pettus |
 Farsi: حقه بازی؛ تقلب |
 Finnish: vilppi |
 French: tromperie |
 Hebrew: רָמַאוּת, מרמָה |
 Hindi: छल, झूठ, धोखा |
 Croatian: prijevara, varka |
 Hungarian: csalás |
 Indonesian: penipuan |
 Icelandic: svik |
 Italian: truffa |
 Japanese: だますこと |
 Korean: 속이다 |
 Lithuanian: apgavystė, melas |
 Latvian: krāpšana; maldināšana |
 Malay: penipuan |
 Dutch: bedrog |
 Norwegian: svik, bedrag(eri) |
 Polish: oszustwo, fałsz |
 Persian: حقه بازی؛ تقلب |
 Pashto: غولونه، تيرا يستنه |
 Portuguese: trapaça |
 Romanian: înşelare |
 Russian: обман |
 Slovak: podvod |
 Slovenian: prevara |
 Serbian: prevara |
 Swedish: bedrägeri, svek |
 Thai: การหลอกลวง |
 Turkish: hile, düzen |
 Taiwanese: 欺騙 |
 Ukrainian: обман; брехня |
 Urdu: فریب کاری |
 Vietnamese: sự lừa dối |
 Chinese: 欺骗 |
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