suggestio falsi

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Insincerity, disingenuousness, shiftiness, trickery, duplicity, chicanery, evasion, intrigue, suppressio veri, suggestio falsi, fraud, mendacity, treachery, hypocrisy, cant,—their name is Legion.

From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Holmes, Edmond

A Madrid paper asserted that "an important and friendly conference" had been held between the Minister and Mr. Layard, which, to say the least, was a suggestio falsi.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus

He has more to say and more opportunities to deceive the jury, not only by naked lying, but by both suppressio veri and suggestio falsi.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)

The Oxford theologian Conybeare gained the impression from this Parliamentary incident: 'That all Sir Edward Grey's answers to Mr. Keir Hardie's questions are examples of suppressio veri and suggestio falsi.'

From What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it by Smith, Thomas F. A.

By a long suggestio falsi et suppressio veri it has led the population of this city to believe that the position of France has bettered itself every day that the siege has lasted.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry