Definition of deceit

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Deceit (n.) Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation..

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Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it..
Fraudful :: Fraudful (a.) Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; trickish; treacherous; fraudulent; -- applied to persons or things..
Jesuitical :: Jesuitical (a.) Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
Insincere :: Insincere (a.) Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations..
Doublehearted :: Doublehearted (a.) Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.
Double-handed :: Double-handed (a.) Deceitful; deceptive.
Show :: Show (n.) False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
Braid :: Braid (v. t.) Deceitful.
Double-tongue :: Double-tongue (n.) Deceit; duplicity.
Losengerie :: Losengerie (n.) Flattery; deceit; trickery.
Self-deceit :: Self-deceit (n.) The act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception..
Demagogue :: Demagogue (n.) A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts..
Collusion :: Collusion (n.) A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
Subtonic :: Subtly (adv.) Deceitfully; delusively.
Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices..
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
Impostrous :: Impostrous (n.) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
Forgery :: Forgery (n.) The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond..
Glossy :: Glossy (superl.) Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit..
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