deceit

de·ceit  (d-st)

n.

1. The act or practice of deceiving; deception.

2. A stratagem; a trick.

3. The quality of being deceitful; falseness.

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[Middle English deceite, from Old French, from past participle of deceveir, to deceive; see deceive.]

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deceit

Noun

behaviour intended to deceive

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Deceit of lapwing: a flock of lapwing—Lipton, 1970.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	deceit - the quality of being fraudulent       fraudulence dishonesty - the quality of being dishonest
	2.	deceit - a misleading falsehood               deception, misrepresentation bill of goods - communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable; "they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car" humbug, snake oil - communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive falsehood, untruth, falsity - a false statement half-truth - a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead window dressing, facade - a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant overstatement, exaggeration, magnification - making to seem more important than it really is snow job - a long and elaborate misrepresentation dissembling, feigning, pretense, pretence - pretending with intention to deceive subterfuge, blind - something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind" hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way duplicity, fraudulence - a fraudulent or duplicitous representation equivocation, evasion - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
	3.	deceit - the act of deceiving dissimulation, deception, dissembling falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts fakery - the act of faking (or the product of faking) indirection - deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats" chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) double-dealing, duplicity - acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another cheating, cheat - a deception for profit to yourself head game, illusion, delusion - the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas pretending, pretense, feigning, simulation, pretence - the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" imposture, impersonation - pretending to be another person obscurantism - a deliberate act intended to make something obscure four flush, bluff - the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards take-in - the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

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deceit

noun lying, fraud, cheating, deception, hypocrisy, cunning, pretence, treachery, dishonesty, guile, artifice, trickery, misrepresentation, duplicity, subterfuge, feint, double-dealing, chicanery, wile, dissimulation, craftiness, imposture, fraudulence, slyness, deceitfulness, underhandedness << OPPOSITE honesty

Translations

deceit [dɪˈsiːt] n → engaño

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deceit [dɪˈsiːt] n → tromperie f, supercherie f

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deceit [dɪˈsiːt] n → Betrug m

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deceit [dɪˈsiːt] n → inganno

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deceit

n deceit [diˈsiːt]

(an act of) deceiving She was too honest to be capable of deceit. bedrog, kullery خُدْعَه، خِداع измама podvod bedrageri der Betrug απάτη engaño, trampa, fraude, mentira pettus حقه بازی؛ تقلب petos, petollisuus tromperie רָמַאוּת, מרמָה छल, झूठ, धोखा prijevara, varka csalás penipuan svik truffa だますこと 속임, 사기 apgavystė, melas krāpšana; maldināšana penipuan bedrog svik, bedrag(eri) oszustwo, fałsz trapaça înşe­lare обман podvod prevara prevara bedrägeri, svek การหลอกลวง hile, düzen 欺騙 обман; брехня فریب کاری sự lừa dối 欺骗

adj deˈceitful

deceiving or insincere She's such a deceitful child! bedrieglik, vals مُخادِع، غَشّاش лъжлив prolhaný bedragerisk betrügerisch δόλιος engañoso, falso, tramposo, mentiroso valelik فریبکار؛ متقلب vilpillinen trompeur רָמַאי छली, कपटी prijetvoran, lukav csaló licik fláráður falso うそつきの 속이는, 거짓의 klastingas, linkęs meluoti melīgs; maldinošs bertujuan menipu orang bedrieglijk svikefull, løgnaktig podstępny, kłamliwy dissimulado mincinos лживый nečestný goljufiv lažljiv bedräglig, svekfull ซึ่งหลอกลวง hilekâr, düzenbaz 不誠實的 облудний; брехливий دھوکا دینے والا dối trá 不诚实的

adv deˈceitfully

bedrieglik, vals بِخِداع، بِغِش лъжливо nečestně, prolhaně bedrageriskt betrügerisch δόλια falsamente petlikult با نیرنگ petollisesti faussement בְּמִרמָה छलपूर्वक, कपटतापूर्वक prijetvorno, lukavo csalárd módon secara licik sviksamlega falsamente あざむいて 거짓으로 klastingai, melagingai melīgi; maldinoši dengan tujuan menipu bedrieglijk svikefullt, bedragersk podstępnie dissimuladamente înşelător лживо nečestne goljufivo lažljvo bedrägligt, svekfullt อย่างหลอกลวง hilekârlıkla, düzenbazlıkla 欺詐地 брехливо دھوکے سے một cách dối trá 欺诈地

n deˈceitfulness

bedrieglikheid, valsheid مُخادَعَه، غِش измамничество nečestnost, prolhanost bedrageriskhed die Falschheit δολιότητα engaño valelikkus فریبکاری؛ حقه بازی vilpillisyys fausseté מִרמָה lukavost, himbenost csalárdság kelicikan sviksemi, flærð falsità 偽り, あざむき 기만, 거짓 apgaulingumas, melagingumas melīgums; maldināšana kebohongan bedrieglijkheid svikefullhet, bedrageri fałsz dissimulação falsitate, ipocrizie лживость nečestnosť goljufivost lažljivost bedräglighet, svekfullhet การหลอกลวง hilekârlık, düzenbazlık 欺詐 брехливість; облудність دھوکے کی بازی sự dối trá 欺诈

deceit is spelt with -ei- .