deceit
IPA: dʌsˈit
noun
- An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- An act of deceiving someone.
- (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
- (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
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Examples of "deceit" in Sentences
- The deceitful act enraged the townsmen.
- The record of deceit is truly shocking.
- Ashrams become devoid of wickedness and deceit.
- The result is a deceitful and manipulative article.
- It is an underhand campaign of obfuscation and deceit.
- Ashrams shall be devoid of the wicked and the deceits.
- It was fundamentally destructive, unethical and deceitful.
- Can one be manipulative and deceitful, and still within the Shariah
- Men tend to be violent and vengeful; deceit is also a part of human nature.
- Accusations of fraud, intentional deceit, or buffoonery would be non neutral.
- "The game of deceit is over for us Palestinians; we will not accept playing with words."
- I doubt if the word deceit ever entered his head as he led his mother to believe something that was not completely true.
- I think there's probably a kind of authenticity that can permeate a person's life so that even their deceit is authentic, somehow.
- Your disingenuous misrepresentation of what was said displays a prejudice hinted at by your initial assertion of “a culture steeped in deceit”. on April 30, 2009 at 9: 51 am nottscop
- A product of the Islamic establishment himself, Mr Mousavi said on Saturday he was not questioning the fundaments of the Islamic Republic but sought to renew it and purge it of what he called deceit and lies.
- Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.