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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Deceitfully :: Deceitfully (adv.) With intent to deceive.
Chaunter :: Chaunter (n.) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey..
Double-tongue :: Double-tongue (n.) Deceit; duplicity.
Ruse :: Ruse (n.) An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
Double Dealing :: Double dealing () False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing..
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..
Craft :: Craft (n.) Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices..
Doublehearted :: Doublehearted (a.) Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.
Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
Single :: Single (a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
Practic :: Practic (a.) Artful; deceitful; skillful.
Fraudulency :: Fraudulency (n.) The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit; trickishness.
Double-handed :: Double-handed (a.) Deceitful; deceptive.
Daedalian :: Daedalian (a.) Crafty; deceitful.
Doubly :: Doubly (adv.) Deceitfully.
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts..
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (adv.) Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist..
Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual..
Palter :: Palter (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.
Elusory :: Elusory (a.) Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.
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