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   deception

   /dɪˈsɛpʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of deceiving someone: "obtaining property by deception"
   • ▪ a thing that deceives: "a range of elaborate deceptions" Similar deceitdeceitfulnessduplicitydouble-dealingfraudfraudulencecheatingtrickerydupinghoodwinkingchicaneryunderhandednessdeviousnessslynesscunningcraftcraftinesswilinessartfulnessguiledissimulationdissemblingbluffbluffinglyingpretenceartificetreacheryinformal:crookednessmonkey businessfunny businesshanky-pankyjiggery-pokerykidologymonkeyshinescodologyarchaic:managementknaverytrickstratagemdeviceruseschemedodgemanoeuvrecontrivancemachinationsubterfugecheatswindleconfidence trickshamfraudpretenceimposturehoaxfakemisrepresentationblindwileartificeTrojan horseinformal:concon trickset-upgamescamstingleg-pullflimflamwheezebuncogriftlurkrortschlenterinformal, dated:flankerarchaic:shiftfetchrig

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin deceptio(n-), from decipere ‘deceive’.

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