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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Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
Hollow :: Hollow (a.) Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend..
Doublehearted :: Doublehearted (a.) Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.
Cosening :: Cosening (n.) Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not..
Double-eyed :: Double-eyed (a.) Having a deceitful look.
Double-tongue :: Double-tongue (n.) Deceit; duplicity.
Fallacy :: Fallacy (n.) Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
Subtonic :: Subtly (adv.) Deceitfully; delusively.
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.
Jesuitical :: Jesuitical (a.) Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
Favel :: Favel (n.) Flattery; cajolery; deceit.
False :: False (superl.) Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness..
Self-imposture :: Self-imposture (n.) Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit.
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..
Cautelous :: Cautelous (a.) Crafty; deceitful; false.
Sleeky :: Sleeky (a.) Fawning and deceitful; sly.
Craft :: Craft (n.) Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices..
Fraudulent :: Fraudulent (a.) Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.
Impostrous :: Impostrous (n.) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts..
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