deceit

Meanings

Plural: deceits

Noun

• the quality of being fraudulent
• a misleading falsehood
• the act of deceiving
• An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
• An act of deceiving someone.
• The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
• 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.

Synonyms

deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dissembling, dissimulation, fraud, fraudulence, misrepresentation, trick, trickery, underhandedness