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deceit
de·ceit 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]de•ceit (dɪˈsit)
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 of lapwing: a flock of lapwing—Lipton, 1970.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 |
deceitnoun 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, truthfulnessdeceitnounThe act or practice of deceiving:cunning, deceitfulness, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, shiftiness.Translationsdeceit (diˈsiːt) noun (an act of) deceiving. She was too honest to be capable of deceit. 欺騙 欺骗deˈceitful adjective deceiving or insincere. She's such a deceitful child! 愛騙人的 不诚实的，骗人的 deˈceitfully adverb 詐欺地 欺诈地deˈceitfulness noun 詐欺 欺诈
deceit is spelt with -ei-. Deceit
DeceitAimwellpretends to be titled to wed into wealth. [Br. Lit.: The Beaux’ Stratagem]Ananiaslies about amount of money received for land. [N.T.: Acts 5:1–6]Ananias Cluball its members are liars. [Am. Lit.: Worth, 10]angel of lightfalse apostles are like Satan in masquerade. [N.T.: II Corinthians 11:14]Apaturiaepithet of Athena, meaning ‘deceitful.’ [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 36]apples of Sodomoutwardly sound fruit; inwardly rotten. [Class. Myth.: Jobes, 114]Arbacespriest who frames Glaucus. [Br. Lit.: The Last Days of Pompeii, Magill I, 490–492]Archimagouses sorcery to deceive people. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene]Arnolpheplans marriage to ward; maintains guardianship under alias. [Fr. Lit.: L’Ecole des Femmes]bilberrysymbol for falsehood. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 172]Brunhildoutdone in athletic competition by Gunther with invisible assistance. [Ger. Myth.: Nibelungenlied]Buttermilk, Little Johnnyfools witch by substituting china for self in sack. [Br. Fairy Tale: Macleod, 21–24]Camilla, Mrs.practises deception on Pip. [Br. Lit.: Great Expectations]clematissymbol of deception. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 347; Flora Symbolica, 173]Conchisfor his psychological experiments he baits subjects with apparently seducible young women. [Br. Lit.: John Fowles The Magus in Weiss, 279]dogbanesymbol for deceit. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 458]Hlestakov, Ivan Alexandrovichdissimulating gentleman hoodwinks town dignitaries as tsar’s inspector. [Russ. Lit.: The Inspector General]hocus-pocusmagician’s parody of Hoc Est Corpus Domini. [Western Folklore: Espy, 76]Jingle, Alfredpretends to be a person of influence and elopes with an old maid for her money. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Pickwick Papers]Judas goatdecoy for luring animals to slaughter. [Western Folklore: Espy, 80]Latch, WilliamEsther’s betrayer; seduces her on marriage pretense. [Br. Lit.: Esther Waters, Magill I, 254–256]MakFalstaffian figure; categorically maintains his innocence. [Br. Lit.: The Second Shepherds’ Play]Malenginpersonification of craftiness. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene]maska disguise; hence, symbol of deception. [Art: Hall, 204]Mme. St. Péfeigns paralysis for seventeen years to keep her husband away from the woman he loves. [Fr. Drama: Jean Anouilh The Waltz of the Toreadors in On Stage, 383]Moncrieff, Algernon, and Jack Worthingboth assume fictitious name “Ernest” in wooing belles. [Br. Lit.: The Importance of Being Earnest]Montoni, Signormarries Emily’s aunt to secure her property. [Br. Lit.: The Mysteries of Udolpho, Magill I, 635–638]nightshadepoisonous flower; symbol of falsehood. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176]Nimuecajoles Merlin to reveal secret of power. [Arth. Romance: History of Prince Arthur, Brewer Handbook, 756]Nixon, Richard(1913–) 37th U.S. president (1969–1974); nicknamed “Tricky Dicky.” [Am. Hist.: Kane, 523]Pinocchiowooden nose lengthens when he lies. [Ital. Lit.: Pinocchio]Sinonconvinced Trojans to accept wooden horse. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]Trojan Horsehollow horse concealed soldiers, enabling them to enter and capture Troy. [Gk. Myth.: Iliad]white flytraplures insects with sweet odor. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178]winter cherryinedible fruit symbolizes falsehood. [Plant Symbolism: Jobes, 319]deceit
DeceitA 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. deceitn. 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) deceit 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. deceit
Synonyms for deceitnoun lyingSynonyms- 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
Antonyms- honesty
- openness
- sincerity
- candour
- frankness
- truthfulness
Synonyms for deceitnoun the act or practice of deceivingSynonyms- cunning
- deceitfulness
- deception
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- guile
- shiftiness
Synonyms for deceitnoun the quality of being fraudulentSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a misleading falsehoodSynonyms- deception
- misrepresentation
Related Words- bill of goods
- humbug
- snake oil
- falsehood
- untruth
- falsity
- half-truth
- window dressing
- facade
- overstatement
- exaggeration
- magnification
- snow job
- dissembling
- feigning
- pretense
- pretence
- subterfuge
- blind
- hanky panky
- hocus-pocus
- jiggery-pokery
- skulduggery
- skullduggery
- slickness
- trickery
- duplicity
- fraudulence
- equivocation
- evasion
noun the act of deceivingSynonyms- dissimulation
- deception
- dissembling
Related Words- falsification
- misrepresentation
- fakery
- indirection
- chicanery
- wile
- shenanigan
- trickery
- guile
- chicane
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- cheating
- cheat
- head game
- illusion
- delusion
- pretending
- pretense
- feigning
- simulation
- pretence
- imposture
- impersonation
- obscurantism
- four flush
- bluff
- take-in
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