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- Dictionarydeception/dɪˈsɛpʃn/
noun
- 1. the action of deceiving someone: "obtaining property by deception"
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dishonest or illegal methods that are used to get something, or to make people believe that something is true when it is not: The couple were accused of obtaining money by deception. The Insolvency Act makes stringent provision for company fraud and deception.
The meaning of DECEPTION is the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : the act of deceiving. How to use deception in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Deception.
Deception is a trick or scheme used to get what you want, like the deception you used to get your sister to agree to do all your chores for a month. Deception occurs when you deceive, a word that comes from the Latin de- meaning "from" and capere, meaning "to take."
Anything that involves intentionally misleading someone is deception. People can even engage in self-deception by avoiding the truth. The word deception often implies a pattern of behavior, rather than a one-time act. The adjective deceptive can describe something that deceives or is intended to deceive.
dishonest or illegal methods that are used to get something, or to make people believe that something is true when it is not: The couple were accused of obtaining money by deception. The Insolvency Act makes stringent provision for company fraud and deception.
n. 1. the act of deceiving, or the state of being deceived. 2. something that deceives or is intended to deceive; trick; ruse. [1400–50; late Middle English decepcioun < Old French < Late Latin dēceptiō = Latin dēcep-, variant s. of dēcipere (see deceive) + -tiō -tion]
Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone. He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception. You've been the victim of a rather cruel deception.
