Definition of deception

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Deception (n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.

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Trickish :: Trickish (a.) Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish.
Disguise :: Disguise (n.) Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show.
Gleek :: Gleek (n.) A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.
Delusion :: Delusion (n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..
Fubbery :: Fubbery (n.) Cheating; deception.
Deception :: Deception (n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.
Gypsyism :: Gypsyism (n.) The arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery.
Legerdemain :: Legerdemain (n.) Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick..
Cog :: Cog (v. t.) To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off..
Overreach :: Overreach (v. i.) To cheat by cunning or deception.
Self-deception :: Self-deception (n.) Self-deceit.
Victimize :: Victimize (v. t.) To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat..
Crossbite :: Crossbite (n.) A deception; a cheat.
Aboveboard :: Aboveboard (adv.) Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception..
Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith..
Impostor :: Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender..
Imposture :: Imposture (n.) The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
Mendacious :: Mendacious (a.) Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person..
Deception :: Deception (n.) That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
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