Definition of deception

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

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Legerdemain :: Legerdemain (n.) Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick..
Juggle :: Juggle (n.) An imposture; a deception.
Gleek :: Gleek (n.) A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.
Jilt :: Jilt (v. i.) To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..
Deception :: Deception (n.) That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
Aboveboard :: Aboveboard (adv.) Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception..
Flam :: Flam (n.) A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion..
Overreach :: Overreach (v. i.) To cheat by cunning or deception.
Deceptivity :: Deceptivity (n.) Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham.
Coggery :: Coggery (n.) Trick; deception.
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
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.
Tricky :: Tricky (a.) Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.
Wile :: Wile (n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement..
Dor :: Dor (n.) A trick, joke, or deception..
Face :: Face (v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc..
Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception..
Circumvention :: Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion..
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