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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Glossy :: Glossy (superl.) Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit..
Insnare :: Insnare (v. t.) To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle..
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..
Gaud :: Gaud (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.
Show :: Show (n.) False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
Hollow :: Hollow (a.) Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend..
Jesuitism :: Jesuitism (n.) Cunning; deceit; deceptive practices to effect a purpose; subtle argument; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
Illusive :: Illusive (a.) Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
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..
Subtonic :: Subtly (adv.) Deceitfully; delusively.
Double-eyed :: Double-eyed (a.) Having a deceitful look.
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..
Deceitful :: Deceitful (a.) Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere..
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.
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts..
Fraudulency :: Fraudulency (n.) The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit; trickishness.
Ruse :: Ruse (n.) An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
Double-faced :: Double-faced (a.) Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.
Jesuitical :: Jesuitical (a.) Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
Bona Fide :: Bona fide () In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction..
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