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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.

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.

Hoax :: Hoax (n.) A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.

Overreach :: Overreach (v. i.) To cheat by cunning or deception.

Imposture :: Imposture (n.) The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

Victimize :: Victimize (v. t.) To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat..

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

Crossbite :: Crossbite (n.) A deception; a cheat.

Coggery :: Coggery (n.) Trick; deception.

Jilt :: Jilt (v. i.) To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously.

Dor :: Dor (n.) A trick, joke, or deception..

Seducement :: Seducement (n.) The means employed to seduce, as flattery, promises, deception, etc.; arts of enticing or corrupting..

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..

Mendacious :: Mendacious (a.) Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person..

Circumvent :: Circumvent (v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around..

Wile :: Wile (n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement..

Flam :: Flam (n.) A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion..

Deceptivity :: Deceptivity (n.) Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham.

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..

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