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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.

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

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

Ingannation :: Ingannation (n.) Cheat; 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.

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

Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by 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..

Juggle :: Juggle (n.) An imposture; a deception.

Fallacy :: Fallacy (n.) Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

Manipulation :: Manipulation (n.) Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud..

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.

Gypsyism :: Gypsyism (n.) The arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery.

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..

Legerdemain :: Legerdemain (n.) Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick..

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

Delusion :: Delusion (n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.

Abusion :: Abusion (v. t.) Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.

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

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