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Definition of deceit

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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..

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Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (adv.) Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist..

Double :: Double (a.) Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere..

Losengerie :: Losengerie (n.) Flattery; deceit; trickery.

Defraud :: Defraud (v. t.) To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld..

Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts..

Knave :: Knave (n.) A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain..

Palter :: Palter (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices..

False :: False (superl.) Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness..

Two-tongued :: Two-tongued (a.) Double-tongued; deceitful.

Double Dealing :: Double dealing () False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing..

Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.

Culpa :: Culpa (n.) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart..

True-hearted :: True-hearted (a.) Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend..

Self-deception :: Self-deception (n.) Self-deceit.

Cautel :: Cautel (n.) Craft; deceit; falseness.

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

Practic :: Practic (a.) Artful; deceitful; skillful.

Hollow-hearted :: Hollow-hearted (a.) Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.

Jesuitical :: Jesuitical (a.) Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.