English definition of Deceit

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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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Patchingly :: Patchingly (adv.) Knavishy; deceitfully.

Self-deceit :: Self-deceit (n.) The act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it..

Humbug :: Humbug (n.) One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.

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

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

Show :: Show (n.) False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.

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

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.

Elusory :: Elusory (a.) Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.

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

Collusion :: Collusion (n.) A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.