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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Palaver :: Palaver (v. t. & i.) To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully..
Fraudful :: Fraudful (a.) Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; trickish; treacherous; fraudulent; -- applied to persons or things..
Gaud :: Gaud (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.
Deceit :: Deceit (n.) 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..
Trumpery :: Trumpery (n.) Deceit; fraud.
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..
Collusion :: Collusion (n.) A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
Deceitless :: Deceitless (a.) Free from deceit.
Self-imposture :: Self-imposture (n.) Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit.
Falsehood :: Falsehood (n.) Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.
Subtonic :: Subtly (adv.) Deceitfully; delusively.
Doublehearted :: Doublehearted (a.) Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.
Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
Cautel :: Cautel (n.) Craft; deceit; falseness.
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (adv.) Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist..
Two-tongued :: Two-tongued (a.) Double-tongued; deceitful.
Infidelity :: Infidelity (n.) Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant..
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
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..
Guileful :: Guileful (a.) Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty..
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