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- pronunciation:
- dih
sep
shn
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: |
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definition 1: |
the act of causing someone to believe an untruth, or the state of being so deceived.
- synonyms:
- chicanery, deceit, dishonesty, duplicity, fraud, humbug, prevarication, trickery
- similar words:
- delusion, double-dealing, forgery, hanky-panky, hoax, hocus-pocus, hypocrisy, intrigue, monkey business, razzle-dazzle, ruse, swindle
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definition 2: |
the means of causing someone to be deceived; trick; lie; fraud.
Her news article was full of deceptions.- synonyms:
- artifice, deceit, fraud, hanky-panky, hocus-pocus, humbug, lie, monkey business, prevarication, razzle-dazzle, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, trickery
- similar words:
- chicanery, counterfeit, fake, falsehood, feint, flimflam, hoax, imposture, mendacity, sham, swindle, Trojan horse, wile
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related words: |
blind, camouflage, cheat, craft, curve, disguise, fraud, humbug, illusion, intrigue, pretense, trap |
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