deliberate misrepresentation

deliberate misrepresentation
index subreption

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  • misrepresentation — mis‧rep‧re‧sen‧ta‧tion [ˌmɪsreprɪzenˈteɪʆn] noun [countable, uncountable] LAW the act of deliberately giving false information to someone, especially in order to persuade them to enter into a contract, or a statement giving false information; =… …   Financial and business terms

  • Quackery — Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance or device for the prevention or treatment of disease. We may think that the day of patent medicines is gone but look around you and you will see them still. They appeal to our desire to… …   Medical dictionary

  • deceit — de·ceit n: deliberate and misleading concealment, false declaration, or artifice: deception theft by deceit; also: the tort of committing or carrying out deceit an action for deceit see also fraud, misrepresentation …   Law dictionary

  • Objectivity (science) — Objectivity of empirical science redirects here. Objectivity in science is a value that informs how science is practiced and how scientific truths are created. It is the idea that scientists, in attempting to uncover truths about the natural… …   Wikipedia

  • fraud — fraudful, adj. fraudfully, adv. /frawd/, n. 1. deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage. 2. a particular instance of such deceit or trickery: mail fraud;… …   Universalium

  • deceive — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mislead, delude, swindle, trick, cheat, outwit, fool, rob, defraud, practice deceit, not play fair, victimize, hoax, betray, beguile, take advantage of, impose upon, entrap, ensnare, hoodwink, play one false, gull, cozen,… …   English dictionary for students

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  • false pretenses — 1. a deliberate misrepresentation of facts, as to obtain title to money or property. 2. the use of such misrepresentation. [1750 60] * * * …   Universalium

  • subreption — I noun deception, deliberate misrepresentation, fabrication, false swearing, falsehood, falsification, guile, invention, lying, mendacity, misrepresentation, perjury, prevarication, untruth II index deceit, fraud, misstatement Burton s Legal… …   Law dictionary

  • deceit — 1 Deceit, duplicity, dissimulation, cunning, guile mean the quality, the habit, the act, or the practice of imposing upon the credulity of others by dishonesty, fraud, or trickery. Deceit usually implies the intent to mislead or delude; otherwise …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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