Deception

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The use of deceit.
  • n. The fact or state of being deceived.
  • n. A ruse; a trick.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of deceiving or misleading.
  • n. The state of being deceived or misled.
  • n. That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of deceiving or misleading.
  • n. The state of being deceived or misled.
  • n. That which deceives; artifice; cheat: as, the scheme is all a deception.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of deceiving
  • n. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
  • n. a misleading falsehood
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    imposition    fraud    deceit    artifice    cheat   
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