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deceit
noun [C or U] /dɪˈsiːt/Definition
› (an act of) keeping the truth hidden, especially to get an advantage: The story is about theft, fraud, and deceit on an incredible scale. When the newspapers published the full story, all his earlier deceits were revealed.Lies, lying and hypocrisyDishonest people deceitful
/-fəl/ adjective › deceitful behaviourDishonest deceitfully
/-fə.li/ adverb Dishonest deceitfulness
/-fəl.nəs/ noun [U] Lies, lying and hypocrisyDishonest people
(Definition of deceit noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- artifice noun
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- be a pack of lies idiom
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