Definition of deception

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Deception (n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.

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Play :: Play (n.) To act; to behave; to practice deception.
Ingannation :: Ingannation (n.) Cheat; deception.
Cog :: Cog (v. t.) To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off..
Tricky :: Tricky (a.) Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.
Impostor :: Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender..
Gleek :: Gleek (n.) A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.
Self-deception :: Self-deception (n.) Self-deceit.
Cog :: Cog (n.) A trick or deception; a falsehood.
Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception..
Trickish :: Trickish (a.) Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish.
Disabuse :: Disabuse (v. t.) To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.
Legerdemain :: Legerdemain (n.) Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick..
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death..
Flam :: Flam (n.) A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion..
Disguise :: Disguise (n.) A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties..
Humbug :: Humbug (n.) A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
Juggle :: Juggle (n.) An imposture; a deception.
Shopshift :: Shopshift (n.) The trick of a shopkeeper; deception.
Crossbite :: Crossbite (n.) A deception; a cheat.
Delusion :: Delusion (n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
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