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D0069800 (dĭ-sēt′)n.1. The act or practice of deceiving; deception.2. A stratagem; a trick.3. The quality of being deceitful; falseness.

[Middle English deceite, from Old French, from past participle of deceveir, to deceive; see deceive.]

deceit

(dɪˈsiːt) n1. the act or practice of deceiving2. a statement, act, or device intended to mislead; fraud; trick3. a tendency to deceive[C13: from Old French deceite, from deceivre to deceive]

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n. 1. the act or practice of deceiving. 2. a stratagem intended to deceive. 3. the quality of being deceitful; duplicity. [1225–75; deceite < Old French, n. use of feminine of deceit, past participle of deceivre to deceive] syn: deceit, guile, duplicity, fraud refer either to practices designed to mislead or to the qualities in a person that prompt such behavior. deceit is intentional concealment or misrepresentation of the truth: Consumers are often victims of deceit. guile is cunning deceit; it suggests subtle but treacherous tactics: He used guile to gain access to the documents. duplicity is doing the opposite of what one says or pretends to do; it suggests hypocrisy or pretense: the duplicity of a friend who does not keep a secret. fraud refers to deceit or trickery by which one may derive benefit at another's expense; it often suggests illegal or dishonest practices: an advertiser convicted of fraud.

Deceit

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	deceit - the quality of being fraudulent fraudulencedishonesty - the quality of being dishonest
	2.	deceit - a misleading falsehood deception, misrepresentationbill of goods - communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable; "they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car"humbug, snake oil - communication (written or spoken) intended to deceivefalsehood, untruth, falsity - a false statementhalf-truth - a partially true statement intended to deceive or misleadwindow dressing, facade - a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasantoverstatement, exaggeration, magnification - making to seem more important than it really issnow job - a long and elaborate misrepresentationdissembling, feigning, pretense, pretence - pretending with intention to deceivesubterfuge, blind - something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some wayduplicity, fraudulence - a fraudulent or duplicitous representationequivocation, evasion - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
	3.	deceit - the act of deceivingdissimulation, deception, dissemblingfalsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of factsfakery - the act of faking (or the product of faking)indirection - deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)double-dealing, duplicity - acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of anothercheating, cheat - a deception for profit to yourselfhead game, illusion, delusion - the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideaspretending, pretense, feigning, simulation, pretence - the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"imposture, impersonation - pretending to be another personobscurantism - a deliberate act intended to make something obscurefour flush, bluff - the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cardstake-in - the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

deceit

noun lying, fraud, cheating, deception, hypocrisy, cunning, pretence, treachery, dishonesty, guile, artifice, trickery, misrepresentation, duplicity, subterfuge, feint, double-dealing, chicanery, wile, dissimulation, craftiness, imposture, fraudulence, slyness, deceitfulness, underhandedness He was guilty of theft, fraud and deceit on an incredible scale.
dishonesty honesty, openness, sincerity, candour, frankness, truthfulness

deceit

nounThe act or practice of deceiving:cunning, deceitfulness, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, shiftiness.

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欺骗

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(diˈsiːt) noun (an act of) deceiving. She was too honest to be capable of deceit.欺骗deˈceitful adjective deceiving or insincere. She's such a deceitful child! 不诚实的，骗人的 deˈceitfully adverb欺诈地deˈceitfulness noun欺诈

deceit is spelt with -ei-.

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A Misrepresentation made with the express intention of defrauding someone, which subsequently causes injury to that person.

In order for a statement to be deceit, it must be untrue, made with knowledge of its falsity, or made in reckless disregard of the truth. The misrepresentation must be such that it causes harm to another individual.

deceit

n. dishonesty, fraudulent conduct, false statements made knowing them to be untrue, by which the liar intends to deceive a party receiving the statements and expects the party to believe and rely on them. This is a civil wrong (tort) giving rise to the right of a person reasonably relying on such dishonesty to the point of his/her injury to sue the deceiver. (See: fraud, misrepresentation)

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the tort of making a fraudulent statement committed where the defendant knowingly or recklessly makes a false representation intending that the plaintiff should act upon it where the plaintiff does act and to his detriment. In Scotland similar facts would be litigated as the delict fraud.

DECEIT, tort. A fraudulent. misrepresentation or contrivance, by which one man deceives another, who has no means of detecting the fraud, to the injury and damage of the latter.
2. Fraud, or the intention to deceive, is the very essence of this injury, for if the party misrepresenting was himself mistaken, no blame can attach to him. The representation must be made malo animo, but whether or not the party is himself to gain by it, is wholly immaterial.
3. Deceit may not only be by asserting a falsehood deliberately to the injury of another as, that Paul is in flourishing circumstances, whereas he is in truth insolvent; that Peter is an honest man, when he knew him to be a, rogue; that property, real or personal, possesses certain qualities, or belongs to the vendor, whereas he knew these things to be false; but by any act or demeanor which would naturally impress the mind of a careful man with a mistaken belief.
4. Therefore, if one whose manufactures are of a superior quality, distinguishes them by a particular mark, which facts are known to Peter, and Paul counterfeits this work, and affixes them to articles of the same description, but not made by such person, and sells them to Peter as goods of such manufacture, this is a deceit.
5. Again, the vendor having a knowledge of a defect in a commodity which cannot be obvious to the buyer, does not disclose it, or, if apparent, uses an artifice and conceals it, he has been guilty of a fraudulent misrepresentation for there is an implied condition in every contract that the parties to it act upon equal terms, and the seller is presumed to have assured or represented to the vendee that he is not aware of any secret deficiencies by which the commodity is impaired, and that he has no advantage which himself does not possess.
6. But in all these cases the party injured must have no means of detecting the fraud, for if he has such means his ignorance will not avail him in that case he becomes the willing dupe of the other's artifice, and volenti non fit injuria. For example, if a horse is sold wanting an eye, and the defect is visible to a common observer, the purchaser cannot be said to be deceived, for by inspection he might discover it, but if the blindness is only discoverable by one experienced in such diseases, and the vendee is an inexperienced person, it is a deceit, provided the seller knew of the defect.
7. The remedy for a deceit, unless the right of action has been suspended or discharged, is by an action of trespass on the case. The old writ of deceit was brought for acknowledging a fine, or the like, in another name, and this being a perversion of law to an evil purpose, and a high contempt, the act was laid contra pacem, and a fine imposed upon the offender. See Bro. Abr. Disceit; Vin Abr. Disceit.
8. When two or more persons unite in a deceit upon another, they may be indicted for a conspiracy. (q.v.) Vide, generally, 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2321-29; Skin. 119; Sid. 375; 3 T. R. 52-65; 1 Lev. 247; 1 Strange, 583; D Roll. Abr. 106; 7 Barr, Rep. 296; 11 Serg. & R. 309, 310; Com. Dig. Action upon the case for a deceit; Chancery, 3 F 1 and 2; 3 M 1; 3 N 1; 4 D 3; 4 H 4; 4 L 1; 4 O 2; Covin; Justices of the Peace, B 30; Pleader, 2 H; 1 Vin. Ab. 560; 8 Vin. Ab. 490; Doct. Pl. 51; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 1 Chit. Pr. 832 Ham. N. P. c. 2, s. 4; Ayl. Pand. 99 2 Day, 531; 12 Mass. 20; 3 Johns. 269; 6 Johns. 181; 2 Day, 205, 381; 4 Yeates, 522; 18 John. 395: 8 John. 23; 4 Bibb, 91; 1 N. & M. 197. Vide, also, articles Equality; Fraud; Lie.

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noun lying

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noun the act or practice of deceiving

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noun the quality of being fraudulent

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noun a misleading falsehood

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noun the act of deceiving

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