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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Elusory :: Elusory (a.) Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.
Malengine :: Malengine (n.) Evil machination; guile; deceit.
Superciliary :: Superchery (n.) Deceit; fraud; imposition.
Hollow-hearted :: Hollow-hearted (a.) Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.
Collusion :: Collusion (n.) A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
Deceivable :: Deceivable (a.) Subject to deceit; capable of being misled.
Subtonic :: Subtly (adv.) Deceitfully; delusively.
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..
Trumpery :: Trumpery (n.) Deceit; fraud.
Guileful :: Guileful (a.) Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty..
Flatter :: Flatter (v. t.) To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations..
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (adv.) Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist..
Covinous :: Covinous (a.) Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.
Double Dealing :: Double dealing () False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing..
Defraud :: Defraud (v. t.) To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld..
Favel :: Favel (n.) Flattery; cajolery; deceit.
Doublehearted :: Doublehearted (a.) Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.
Deceitfully :: Deceitfully (adv.) With intent to deceive.
Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
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