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Definition of deceit

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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..

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

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

Palter :: Palter (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it..

Fraudulent :: Fraudulent (a.) Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.

Losengerie :: Losengerie (n.) Flattery; deceit; trickery.

Meretricious :: Meretricious (a.) Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments..

False :: False (superl.) Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness..

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

Cunning :: Cunning (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.

Glossy :: Glossy (superl.) Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit..

Two-tongued :: Two-tongued (a.) Double-tongued; deceitful.

Superciliary :: Superchery (n.) Deceit; fraud; imposition.

Double-handed :: Double-handed (a.) Deceitful; deceptive.

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..

Snaky :: Snaky (a.) Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.

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

Deceivable :: Deceivable (a.) Fitted to deceive; deceitful.

Gnathonical :: Gnathonical (a.) Flattering; deceitful.

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..