Definition of deception

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Deception (n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.

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Humbug :: Humbug (n.) A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Delusion :: Delusion (n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
Trickish :: Trickish (a.) Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish.
Disguise :: Disguise (n.) A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties..
Coggery :: Coggery (n.) Trick; deception.
Fubbery :: Fubbery (n.) Cheating; deception.
Impose :: Impose (v. i.) To practice trick or deception.
Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by 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.
Elusive :: Elusive (a.) Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Gleek :: Gleek (n.) A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.
Flam :: Flam (n.) A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion..
Ingannation :: Ingannation (n.) Cheat; deception.
Face :: Face (v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc..
Victimize :: Victimize (v. t.) To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat..
Disabuse :: Disabuse (v. t.) To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.
Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) Self-deception; delusion.
Cog :: Cog (v. t.) To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off..
Self-deception :: Self-deception (n.) Self-deceit.
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