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

Noun

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

2. something that deceives; trick

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 << OPPOSITE honesty

noun 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. fastie Austral. (slang)

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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.

Translations

deception [dɪˈsɛpʃən] n → engaño

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deception [dɪˈsɛpʃən] n → tromperie f

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deception [dɪˈsɛpʃən] n → Täuschung f, Betrug m

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deception [dɪˈsɛpʃən] n → inganno