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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Loopie :: Loopie (a.) Deceitful; cunning; sly.
Doublehearted :: Doublehearted (a.) Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.
Fraudulency :: Fraudulency (n.) The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit; trickishness.
Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual..
Imposturous :: Imposturous (a.) Impostrous; deceitful.
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..
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..
Fallacy :: Fallacy (n.) Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
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.
Falsehood :: Falsehood (n.) Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.
Single :: Single (a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
Double Dealer :: Double dealer () One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person..
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..
Losing :: Losing (a.) Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.
Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
Covin :: Covin (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice.
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.
Double-tongue :: Double-tongue (n.) Deceit; duplicity.
Double-handed :: Double-handed (a.) Deceitful; deceptive.
Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
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