Definition of deceit

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Deceit (n.) 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..

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Sleeky :: Sleeky (a.) Fawning and deceitful; sly.
Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices..
Gnathonical :: Gnathonical (a.) Flattering; deceitful.
Patchingly :: Patchingly (adv.) Knavishy; deceitfully.
Culpa :: Culpa (n.) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart..
Braid :: Braid (v. t.) Deceitful.
Collusion :: Collusion (n.) A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
Defraud :: Defraud (v. t.) To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld..
Illusive :: Illusive (a.) Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
Double-handed :: Double-handed (a.) Deceitful; deceptive.
Losing :: Losing (a.) Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.
Hollow-hearted :: Hollow-hearted (a.) Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.
Forgery :: Forgery (n.) The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond..
Insincere :: Insincere (a.) Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations..
Gaud :: Gaud (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.
Trumpery :: Trumpery (n.) Deceit; fraud.
Guile :: Guile (n.) Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.
False :: False (superl.) Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness..
Deceitless :: Deceitless (a.) Free from deceit.
Janus-faced :: Janus-faced (a.) Double-faced; deceitful.
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