deceit

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (countable, uncountable) An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
2. (countable, uncountable) An act of deceiving someone.
3. (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Konzepte

Betrug

Täuschung

List

Lüge

Falschheit

Schwindel

Betrügerei

Schikane

Betrüger

Arglist

Synonyme

fraud

deception

trick

guile

cheating

trickery

lie

cunning

cheat

pretence

imposture

treachery

decoy

falsehood

canard

dishonesty

dissimulation

swindle

sham

craft

delusion

stratagem

fraudulence

duplicity

hypocrisy

deceitfulness

wile

betrayal

lies

hoax

chicanery

deceiving

imposition

humbug

double-dealing

indirection

artifice

scam

denial

pretense

bluff

roguery

misrepresentation

chicane

falsity

lying

perfidy

deceive

fallacy

dupery

Übersetzungen

tromperie

engaño

inganno

απάτη

hile

fraude

lêb

xirrandin

qîle

xap

bedrog

hîle

xapandin

fraude

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/dɪˈsiːt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: deceyte

In summary

From Middle English deceyte, from Old French deceite, deçoite, from decevoir (“to deceive”), from Latin dēcipere (“to cheat, mislead”).