Definition of deception

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Deception (n.) The state of being deceived or misled.

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Gleek :: Gleek (n.) A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.
Manipulation :: Manipulation (n.) Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud..
Circumvention :: Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion..
Imposture :: Imposture (n.) The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
Lie :: Lie (n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
Fubbery :: Fubbery (n.) Cheating; deception.
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Disguise :: Disguise (n.) Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show.
Cog :: Cog (v. t.) To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off..
Abusion :: Abusion (v. t.) Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.
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..
Overreach :: Overreach (v. i.) To cheat by cunning or deception.
Delusion :: Delusion (n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
Coggery :: Coggery (n.) Trick; deception.
Impostor :: Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender..
Fallacy :: Fallacy (n.) Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
Self-deceit :: Self-deceit (n.) The act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception..
Deception :: Deception (n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.
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..
Humbug :: Humbug (n.) A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
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