deceit
noun
[ dɪˈsiːt ]
• the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
• "a web of deceit"
Similar:
deception,
deceitfulness,
duplicity,
double-dealing,
fraud,
fraudulence,
cheating,
trickery,
duping,
hoodwinking,
chicanery,
underhandedness,
deviousness,
slyness,
cunning,
craftiness,
craft,
wiliness,
artfulness,
guile,
dissimulation,
dissembling,
bluff,
bluffing,
lying,
pretence,
artifice,
treachery,
crookedness,
monkey business,
funny business,
hanky-panky,
jiggery-pokery,
monkeyshines,
codology,
management,
knavery,
sham,
imposture,
hoax,
fake,
misrepresentation,
blind,
wile,
Trojan horse,
trick,
stratagem,
device,
ruse,
scheme,
dodge,
manoeuvre,
contrivance,
machination,
subterfuge,
cheat,
swindle,
confidence trick,
con,
con trick,
set-up,
game,
scam,
sting,
gyp,
leg-pull,
flimflam,
wheeze,
bunco,
grift,
lurk,
rort,
schlenter,
flanker,
shift,
fetch,
rig,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, past participle (used as a noun) of deceveir ‘deceive’.
