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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Fraud :: Fraud (n.) Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.
Hollow-hearted :: Hollow-hearted (a.) Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.
Single :: Single (a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
Janus-faced :: Janus-faced (a.) Double-faced; deceitful.
Losengerie :: Losengerie (n.) Flattery; deceit; trickery.
Jesuitical :: Jesuitical (a.) Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
Illusive :: Illusive (a.) Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
Collusion :: Collusion (n.) A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
Subtonic :: Subtly (adv.) Deceitfully; delusively.
Deceit :: 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..
Cozen :: Cozen (v. i.) To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
False :: False (superl.) Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness..
Demagogue :: Demagogue (n.) A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.
Jesuitism :: Jesuitism (n.) Cunning; deceit; deceptive practices to effect a purpose; subtle argument; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
Self-imposture :: Self-imposture (n.) Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit.
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..
Meretricious :: Meretricious (a.) Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments..
Cunning :: Cunning (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Chaunter :: Chaunter (n.) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey..
Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual..
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