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
- Accusations of fraud, intentional deceit, or buffoonery would be non neutral.
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