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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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Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices..

Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual..

Janus-faced :: Janus-faced (a.) Double-faced; deceitful.

Baffle :: Baffle (v. i.) To practice deceit.

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.

True-hearted :: True-hearted (a.) Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend..

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..

Double-tongued :: Double-tongued (a.) Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.

Double-faced :: Double-faced (a.) Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.

Subtonic :: Subtly (adv.) Deceitfully; delusively.

Trumpery :: Trumpery (n.) Deceit; fraud.

Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) Tendency to mislead or deceive.

Double-tongue :: Double-tongue (n.) Deceit; duplicity.

Cozen :: Cozen (v. i.) To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.

Malengine :: Malengine (n.) Evil machination; guile; deceit.

Ruse :: Ruse (n.) An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.

Flatter :: Flatter (v. t.) To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations..

Double Dealer :: Double dealer () One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person..

Wileful :: Wileful (a.) Full of wiles; trickish; deceitful.

Losing :: Losing (a.) Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.