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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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Illusive :: Illusive (a.) Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.

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

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

Ruse :: Ruse (n.) An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.

Doublehearted :: Doublehearted (a.) Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.

Cunning :: Cunning (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.

Fraudulent :: Fraudulent (a.) Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.

Deceivable :: Deceivable (a.) Subject to deceit; capable of being misled.

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.

Jesuitism :: Jesuitism (n.) Cunning; deceit; deceptive practices to effect a purpose; subtle argument; -- an opprobrious use of the word.

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

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

Chaunter :: Chaunter (n.) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey..

Glossy :: Glossy (superl.) Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit..

Deceitless :: Deceitless (a.) Free from deceit.

Deceitful :: Deceitful (a.) Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere..

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

Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.

Guileful :: Guileful (a.) Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty..

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