deceit
Meaning
- An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- An act of deceiving someone.
- The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
- 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.
Synonyms
dipsy-doodle
fraud in fact
false pretence
positive fraud
dishonest action
underhand action
jiggery pokery
Druj
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈsiːt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English deceyte, from Old French deceite, deçoite, from decevoir (“to deceive”), from Latin dēcipere (“to cheat, mislead”).
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