deception

deception
de·cep·tion /di-'sep-shən/ n
1: an act of deceiving
2: something that deceives: deceit

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

deception
I noun artifice, beguilement, blind, bluff, camouflage, charlatanry, cheat, chicane, chicanery, circumvention, con, counterfeit, cozenage, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceit, decoy, defraudation, defraudment, delusion, device, disguise, dishonesty, dissimulation, dodge, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, equivocation, fabrication, fake, false appearance, false front, falsehood, falseness, falsification, feint, forgery, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, guile, hoax, humbuggery, illusion, imposition, imposture, indirection, indirectness, insincerity, intrigue, knavery, legerdemain, lie, machination, masquerade, mendacity, mirage, misrepresentation, obliquity, pretext, prevarication, rascality, roguery, ruse, sham, simulacrum, snare, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, trepan, trick, trickery, trickiness, trumpery, untruth, untruthfulness, unveracity, wile associated concepts: confusion, deception doctrine foreign phrases:
- Non declpitur qui sett se decipi. — He is not deceived who knows that he is being deceived
- Decipi quant fallere est tutius. — It is safer to be deceived than to deceive
II index artifice, bad faith, canard, collusion, color (deceptive appearance), contrivance, corruption, counterfeit, deceit, decoy, disguise, dishonesty, distortion, duplicity, evasion, fallacy, falsehood, falsification, figment, forgery, fraud, hoax, hypocrisy, imposture, indirection (deceitfulness), knavery, lie, maneuver (trick), misrepresentation, misstatement, pettifoggery, plot (secret plan), pretense (pretext), pretext, ruse, sham, sophistry, story (falsehood), stratagem, subreption, subterfuge

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


deception
in English criminal law it is an offence to obtain property by deception. It is committed by deceiving, whether deliberately or recklessly, by words or conduct as to fact or law, including the person's present intentions. It is also an offence to obtain services in this way. For Scotland, See practical cheating.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


deception
See: deceit
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

deception
n.
   the act of misleading another through intentionally false statements or fraudulent actions.
   See also: deceit, fraud

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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  • deception — 1 Deception, fraud, double dealing, trickery, chicane, chicanery mean the act or practice of, or the means used by, one who deliberately deceives in order to accomplish his ends. Deception may or may not imply blameworthiness, for it may be used… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Deception — De*cep tion, n. [F. d[ e]ception, L. deceptio, fr. decipere, deceptum. See {Deceive}.] 1. The act of deceiving or misleading. South. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being deceived or misled. [1913 Webster] There is one thing relating either to the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Deception — Déception Pour les articles homonymes, voir Déception (homonymie) …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • deception — de‧cep‧tion [dɪˈsepʆn] noun [countable, uncountable] another word for deceit: • He pleaded guilty to charges of forgery and deception. * * * deception UK US /dɪˈsepʃən/ noun [C or U] ► dishonest or illegal methods that are used to get something …   Financial and business terms

  • deception — [dē sep′shən, disep′shən] n. [ME decepcioun < OFr deception < L deceptio < pp. of decipere: see DECEIVE] 1. the act or practice of deceiving 2. the fact or condition of being deceived 3. something that deceives, as an illusion, or is… …   English World dictionary

  • déception — DÉCEPTION. s. fém. Tromperie, séduction. Cela s est fait sans fraude ni déception. Il n est guère d usage qu au Palais …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • deception — early 15c., from M.Fr. déception (13c., decepcion) or directly from L.L. deceptionem (nom. deceptio) a deceiving, from L. decept , pp. stem of decipere (see DECEIVE (Cf. deceive)) …   Etymology dictionary

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