ALL meanings of deceit
de·ceit
D d - variable noun deceit Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true. 3
- noun deceit the act or practice of deceiving 3
- noun deceit a statement, act, or device intended to mislead; fraud; trick 3
- noun deceit a tendency to deceive 3
- noun deceit the act of representing as true what is known to be false; a deceiving or lying 3
- noun deceit a dishonest action or trick; fraud or lie 3
- noun deceit the quality of being deceitful 3
- noun deceit the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating: Once she exposed their deceit, no one ever trusted them again. 1
- noun deceit an act or device intended to deceive; trick; stratagem. 1
- noun deceit the quality of being deceitful; duplicity; falseness: a man full of deceit. 1
- noun deceit The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth. 1
- abbreviation DECEIT deception 1
- noun deceit act of deceiving sb 1
- noun deceit An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick. 0
- noun deceit An act of deceiving someone. 0
- noun deceit (Uncountable Noun) The state of being deceitful or deceptive. 0
- noun deceit (law) 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. 0