DECEPTION


Meaning of DECEPTION in English

n. Function: noun

1 the act of deliberately deceiving FF1C; resort to falsehood and deception in avoiding the tax FF1E;

Synonyms: cheat, chicane, chicanery, dipsy-doodle, dirt, dishonesty, double-dealing, dupery, fourberie, fraud, hanky-panky, highbinding, indirection, sharp practice, subterfuge, ||suck-in, trickery

Related Words: cunning, deceit, dissimulation, duplicity, guile; cheating, cozening, defrauding, overreaching; bamboozling, befooling, duping, gulling, hoaxing, hoodwinking; manipulation; ride, ||snow job

Contrasted Words: candidness, frankness, openness; honesty, integrity, probity; artlessness, ingenuousness, naiveté

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Synonyms: IMPOSTURE , cheat, deceit, fraud, gyp, hoax, humbug, sell, sham, spoof

Related Words: delusion, hallucination, illusion, mirage

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Synonyms: FALLACY 2, casuistry, deceptiveness, delusion, equivocation, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness

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