deception

IPA: dɪsˈɛpʃʌn

An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

Examples of "deception" in Sentences

This kind of deception is the rule, not the exception, in Silicon Valley.
Only disturbing to me, because the story shows what our deception is about.
Expect more of this kind of deception from the right as An Inconvient Truth hits theaters on May 24.
I think, however, that this kind of deception is not only misleading to the reader, but a disservice to the writer.
Just as the deception is about to be discovered there absentee father turns up and we discover things are not quite as they seemed.
This kind of deception is illegal under federal securities law because it fools investors into investing in a company which is far less sound than its books suggest.
I said that my affections were already engaged: yet I meant you to believe, as you did, that I loved another; and the thought of the deception, for it _was deception_, has caused me ceaseless contrition.
Aeneas highlights what he calls the deception of the Greeks: an Argive solider had allowed himself to be captured, and he leads on the Trojans with an act and a tale, enticing them to bring the horse inside the citadel.