deception

de·cep·tion  (d-spshn)

n.

1. The use of deceit.

2. The fact or state of being deceived.

3. A ruse; a trick.

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[Middle English decepcioun, from Old French deception, from Late Latin dcepti, dceptin-, from Latin dceptus, past participle of dcipere, to deceive; see deceive.]

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deception [dɪˈsɛpʃən]

n

1. the act of deceiving or the state of being deceived

2. something that deceives; trick

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Those measures designed to mislead the enemy by manipulation, distortion, or falsification of evidence to induce the enemy to react in a manner prejudicial to the enemy's interests. See also counterdeception; military deception.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	deception - a misleading falsehood               misrepresentation, deceit 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
	2.	deception - the act of deceiving dissimulation, dissembling, deceit 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
	3.	deception - an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers conjuring trick, legerdemain, magic trick, thaumaturgy, magic, conjuration, illusion, trick performance - the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto" card trick - a trick performed with playing cards prestidigitation, sleight of hand - manual dexterity in the execution of tricks

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deception

noun

1. trickery, fraud, deceit, hypocrisy, cunning, treachery, guile, duplicity, insincerity, legerdemain, dissimulation, craftiness, fraudulence, deceitfulness, deceptiveness He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception.
trickery honesty, openness, fidelity, candour, frankness, truthfulness, trustworthiness, straightforwardness, artlessness, scrupulousness

2. trick, lie, fraud, cheat, bluff, sham, snare, hoax, decoy, ruse, artifice, subterfuge, canard, feint, stratagem, porky (Brit. slang), pork pie (Brit. slang), wile, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), leg-pull (Brit. informal), imposture, snow job (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) You've been the victim of a rather cruel deception.

Quotations
"O what a tangled web we weave,"
"When first we practise to deceive!" [Walter Scott Marmion]
"you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time" [ascribed to Abraham Lincoln]
"One may smile, and smile, and be a villain" [William Shakespeare Hamlet]
"We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others" [Duc de la Rochefoucauld Maxims]

Translations

deception [dɪˈsepʃən] N → engaño m

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deception [dɪˈsɛpʃ^ən] n

(= deceiving) → tromperie f

(LAW) to obtain sth by deception → obtenir qch par des moyens frauduleux

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deception

n

(= act of deceiving) → Täuschung f, → Betrug m no pl (→ of an +dat); (of wife etc) → Betrug m

(= state of being deceived) → Täuschung f

(= that which deceives) → Täuschung f

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deception [dɪˈsɛpʃ/ən] n → inganno
to practise deception on sb → raggirare qn

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deception [dɪˈsɛpʃ/ən] n → inganno
to practise deception on sb → raggirare qn

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deception

n deception [diˈsepʃən]

(an act of) deceiving Deception is difficult in these circumstances. bedrog, misleiding, oëverblindery خِداع، غِش измама podvod bedrag; bedrageri die Täuschung εξαπάτηση, παραπλάνηση engaño, falsedad pettus حقه بازی؛ تقلب petos tromperie מִרמָה, הוֹנָאָה छल prijevara, varka csalás penipuan blekking inganno あざむくこと 속임 apgavystė, apgaulė krāpšana; blēdība; maldināšana penipuan misleiding bedrag, narring oszustwo dissimulação înşelăciune обман podvod prevara obmana bedrägeri, villfarelse การหลอกลวง kandırma, hile 欺騙 обман, брехня فریب کاری sự lừa gạt 欺骗

adj deˈceptive [-tiv]

deceiving; misleading Appearances may be deceptive. bedrieglik, misleidend خادِع، مُضَلِّل измамен podvodný, klamný bedragerisk täuschend παραπλανητικός engañoso petlik فریبنده؛ گول زننده pettävä trompeur מַטעֵה कपटपूर्ण varljiv, varav megtévesztő mengecoh blekkjandi ingannevole あざむくような 속이는 apgaulingas maldinošs mengaburi misleidend bedragersk, villedende oszukańczy enganador în­şe­lător обманчивый klamlivý varljiv varljiv bedräglig, vilseledande ซึ่งหลอกลวง aldatıcı 騙人的 обманливий گمراہ کن lừa dối 骗人的

adj deˈceptively

She is deceptively shy. bedrieglik, misleidend بِخِداع، بصورَةٍ مُضَلِّلَه измамно zdánlivě, falešně vildledende; bedragerisk trügerisch απατηλά engañosamente petlikult بطور فریب آمیز pettävän trompeusement לְמַראִית עָיִין कपट से varljivo, varavo megtévesztően dikira á villandi hátt; meira en maður heldur ingannevolmente いつわって 거짓으로 apgaulingai maldinoši kelihatan sahaja bedrieglijk bedragersk, villedende zwodniczo enganadoramente aparent обманчиво zdanlivo varljivo lažljiv bedrägligt, vilseledande ซึ่งหลอกลวง aldatıcı (biçimde) 騙人地 обманливо فریب کارانہ trông cứ tưởng 骗人地