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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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Cozen :: Cozen (v. i.) To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.

Meretricious :: Meretricious (a.) Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments..

Gnathonical :: Gnathonical (a.) Flattering; deceitful.

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

Trumpery :: Trumpery (n.) Deceit; fraud.

Single :: Single (a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.

Imposturous :: Imposturous (a.) Impostrous; deceitful.

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..

Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..

Cosening :: Cosening (n.) Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not..

Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual..

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

Losing :: Losing (a.) Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.

Pitfall :: Pitfall (n.) A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind.

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

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

Subtonic :: Subtly (adv.) Deceitfully; delusively.

Covinous :: Covinous (a.) Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.

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

Snaky :: Snaky (a.) Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.