noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a web of intrigue/deceit/deception/lies etc
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
obtaining
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If the bet were successful, a charge of obtaining property by deception could be laid.
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Black pleaded guilty to the theft and obtaining £85 by deception from Wagers bookmakers.
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Otherwise, theft and obtaining property by deception would very largely overlap - see the next chapter.
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The court considered that the accused should have been convicted of obtaining property by deception .
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The aim was that s.15 alone would cover obtaining ownership by deception .
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Theft would not cover obtaining ownership by deception .
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Both are also accused of obtaining property by deception .
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She was remanded on bail at Swindon Magistrates charged with obtaining money by deception .
pecuniary
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The charge should be attempted theft or obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception .
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The accused was charged with obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception .
■ VERB
obtain
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He obtained the excess by deception .
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Randhawa admitted obtaining by deception , burglary, handling stolen goods and making a threat to kill Miss Nazir.
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Even the Church will today readily admit this, while remaining loath to relinquish many of the benefits obtained by the deception .
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Middlesbrough solicitor Bernard Ridsdale-Tombling is charged with 16 offences of falsifying records and obtaining by deception .
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Take for example a man who obtains land by deception .
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Therefore, he paid by deception , and the accused did obtain by deception.
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Nine people have been charged with conspiring to obtain mortgage advances by deception from various building societies.
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Philip Coles, 37, of Clackmannanshire, had pled guilty last month to conspiracy to obtain money by deception .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ann quickly saw through his lies and deceptions.
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I'm sure many businessmen use some form of deception , at times, to achieve their objectives.
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She was stunned by the lies and deception her husband had used to hide his affairs.
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The President has been accused of secrecy and deception .
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What began as a misunderstanding quickly became a deliberate deception on the part of the network.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fear, rage and awe contend in me - such talent for deception in one so young!
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He faced 18 charges of theft and three charges of deception involving a total of £4,560.
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It is a birth swaddled in deception , whose secret will not be shared by those most affected until decades have passed.
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Physical intimacy promises to seal and secure the relationship, but this is a deception .
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The winds of deception whirl around her, but the new leader persists, without success, in stressing work-related activities.
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They were investigating alleged deception by his flatmate, which he says he had nothing to do with.
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We decided the deception was the worst part of it and agreed to give honesty a try.