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act |
behavior that is a pretense, sometimes insincere or meant to deceive. [2/14 definitions] |
assumed |
designed to deceive; feigned or pretended. [1/2 definitions] |
bamboozle |
(informal) to trick by deceptive claims, flattery, or the like; deceive. [1/2 definitions] |
beguile |
to deceive or cheat by using guile. [1/3 definitions] |
bluff2 |
to deceive, mislead, or intimidate using false pretenses. [1/6 definitions] |
captious |
intended or designed to deceive or confuse. [1/2 definitions] |
chicane |
to deceive by chicanery. [1/4 definitions] |
cozen |
to deceive or trick; swindle. |
deceptive |
able to or tending to deceive; misleading. |
delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
delusive |
tending to mislead or deceive. [1/2 definitions] |
dodge |
a trick or strategy to avoid difficulties or deceive someone. [1/6 definitions] |
double-talk |
ambiguous language meant to deceive people or evade problems or issues. [1/3 definitions] |
equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. [1/3 definitions] |
equivocate |
to express oneself ambiguously, often to avoid giving a direct answer or to deceive. |
equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
euchre |
to outwit or deceive; cheat (usu. fol. by "out"). [1/3 definitions] |
fabrication |
a statement, document, or the like that is false or invented to deceive. [1/2 definitions] |
feign |
to imitate in order to deceive; put on or give a false appearance of. [1/3 definitions] |
fictitious |
intended to deceive; not genuine; imaginary. [1/2 definitions] |
flimflam |
(informal) to deceive, esp. in order to swindle. [1/3 definitions] |
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