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deceit
noun as in practice of misleading
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noun as in particular type of trick, misleading
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Example Sentences
"I just don't think Alan would be able to comprehend the enormous sense of gratitude we have to him for being our patron and for putting himself through all that lying and deceit."
A society with deep, troubling economic problems had rigged itself to disguise those problems, and the chief beneficiaries of the deceit were its financial middlemen.
They are mere dramatic deceits, liquid coming on cue.
"This musical of deceit and suffering puts her in the starring role, seizing control of her narrative and holding little back."
Tragically, the populists’ positions have been based on myths and deceit from the beginning.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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