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Deceit

Deceit Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Deceit? [n] the act of deceiving [n] the quality of being fraudulent [n] a misleading falsehood Synonyms \| Synonyms for Deceit: deception \| deception \| dissembling \| dissimulation \| fraudulence \| misrepresentation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Deceit: art \| artful dodge \| artfulness \| artifice \| blind \| cheating \| chicane \| chicanery \| con \| con game \| conspiracy \| contrivance \| coup \| craft \| craftiness \| cunning \| cute trick \| deceitfulness \| deception \| defrauding \| design \| device \| dishonesty \| dissemblance \| dissimulation \| dodge \| double-cross \| double-dealing \| duplicity \| expedient \| fakement \| falseheartedness \| falseness \| feint \| fetch \| flam \| flimflam \| fraud \| fraudulence \| furtiveness \| gambit \| game \| gimmick \| grift \| guile \| gyp \| hanky-panky \| hoax \| humbug \| hypocrisy \| indirection \| insidiousness \| intrigue \| jugglery \| knavery \| little game \| maneuver \| misrepresentation \| monkey business \| move \| overreaching \| plot \| ploy \| racket \| red herring \| ruse \| scam \| scheme \| sell \| sham \| shift \| shiftiness \| sleight \| slyness \| sneak attack \| sneakiness \| stratagem \| strategy \| subterfuge \| surreptitiousness \| swindle \| tactic \| trapping \| treacherousness \| treachery \| trick \| trickery \| underhandedness \| wile \| wily device See Also \| blind \| bluff \| cheat \| cheating \| chicanery \| delusion \| dishonesty \| dissembling \| double-dealing \| duplicity \| duplicity \| equivocation \| evasion \| exaggeration \| facade \| fakery \| false statement \| falsehood \| falsification \| falsity \| feigning \| feigning \| four flush \| fraudulence \| guile \| half-truth \| hanky panky \| head game \| hocus-pocus \| illusion \| impersonation \| imposture \| indirection \| jiggery-pokery \| magnification \| misrepresentaation \| obscurantism \| overstatement \| pretence \| pretence \| pretending \| pretense \| pretense \| shenanigan \| simulation \| skulduggery \| skullduggery \| slickness \| snow job \| subterfuge \| trickery \| trickery \| untruth \| wile \| window dressing Deceit In Webster's Dictionary \De*ceit"\, n. [OF. deceit, des[,c]ait, decept (cf. deceite, de[,c]oite), 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) 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}.

Deceit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deceit?

[n] the act of deceiving
[n] the quality of being fraudulent
[n] a misleading falsehood

Deceit In Webster's Dictionary

\De*ceit"\, n. [OF. deceit, des[,c]ait, decept (cf.
deceite, de[,c]oite), 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) 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}.

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