Deceit Definition

As you can see, this definition of deception is very broad; it encompasses a wide range of behaviors. But, there is a good reason for viewing deception this way. When thinking about our own deceptive behavior, we like to think in very narrow and technical terms – like telling someone a blatant falsehood.

Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

de·ceit

(dĭ-sēt′)n.

2. A stratagem; a trick.

[Middle English deceite, from Old French, from past participle of deceveir, to deceive; see deceive.]

deceit

(dɪˈsiːt) n

2. a statement, act, or device intended to mislead; fraud; trick

[C13: from Old French deceite, from deceivre to deceive]

de•ceit

(dɪˈsit)
n.

2. a stratagem intended to deceive.

[1225–75; deceite < Old French, n. use of feminine of deceit, past participle of deceivre to deceive]

syn: deceit, guile, duplicity, fraud refer either to practices designed to mislead or to the qualities in a person that prompt such behavior. deceit is intentional concealment or misrepresentation of the truth: Consumers are often victims of deceit. guile is cunning deceit; it suggests subtle but treacherous tactics: He used guile to gain access to the documents. duplicity is doing the opposite of what one says or pretends to do; it suggests hypocrisy or pretense: the duplicity of a friend who does not keep a secret. fraud refers to deceit or trickery by which one may derive benefit at another's expense; it often suggests illegal or dishonest practices: an advertiser convicted of fraud.

Deceit

of lapwing: a flock of lapwing—Lipton, 1970.

Noun	1.	deceit - the quality of being fraudulent
2.	deceit - a misleading falsehood deception, misrepresentation bill of goods - communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable; 'they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car' humbug, snake oil - communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive half-truth - a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead window dressing, facade - a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant overstatement, exaggeration, magnification - making to seem more important than it really is dissembling, feigning, pretense, pretence - pretending with intention to deceive subterfuge, blind - something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; 'he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge'; 'the holding company was just a blind' hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way duplicity, fraudulence - a fraudulent or duplicitous representation equivocation, evasion - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
3.	deceit - the act of deceiving falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts fakery - the act of faking (or the product of faking) indirection - deceitful action that is not straightforward; 'he could see through the indirections of diplomats' chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) double-dealing, duplicity - acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another cheating, cheat - a deception for profit to yourself head game, illusion, delusion - the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas pretending, pretense, feigning, simulation, pretence - the act of giving a false appearance; 'his conformity was only pretending' imposture, impersonation - pretending to be another person obscurantism - a deliberate act intended to make something obscure four flush, bluff - the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards take-in - the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

deceit

nounlying, fraud, cheating, deception, hypocrisy, cunning, pretence, treachery, dishonesty, guile, artifice, trickery, misrepresentation, duplicity, subterfuge, feint, double-dealing, chicanery, wile, dissimulation, craftiness, imposture, fraudulence, slyness, deceitfulness, underhandednessHe was guilty of theft, fraud and deceit on an incredible scale.
dishonestyhonesty, openness, sincerity, candour, frankness, truthfulness

deceit

nounThe act or practice of deceiving:

cunning, deceitfulness, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, shiftiness.

podvod

harhautushuijaushuiputuspetospetosyritys

apgaulingumasklastingailinkęs meluotimelagingaimelagingumas

deceit

[dɪˈsiːt]N (= misleading) → engañom; (= fraud) → fraudem; (= deceitfulness) → falsedadf
he was involved in a web of lies and deceit → estaba metido en una maraña de mentiras y engaños
they won the voters over by deceit → conquistaron a los votantes engañándolos or mediante engaños

deceit

[dɪˈsiːt]n (= deception) → tromperief
I acquired the habit of deceit, of lying
BUTJe pris l'habitude de tromper, de mentir.

deceit

n → Betrugm no pl, → Täuschungf; these unending deceits → diese endlosenTäuschungsmanöver; a character full of deceit → ein durch und durch falscherCharakter

deceit

[dɪˈsiːt]n (quality) → disonestà; (action) → inganno, truffa

deceit

(diˈsiːt) noun

(an act of) deceiving. She was too honest to be capable of deceit. bedrog, kullery خُدْعَه، خِداع измама trapaça podvod der Betrug bedrageri απάτηengaño, trampa, fraude, mentira pettus حقه بازی؛ تقلب vilppi tromperieרמאות, מרמה छल, झूठ, धोखा prijevara, varka csalás penipuan svik truffa だますこと 속이다 apgavystė, melas krāpšana; maldināšana penipuan bedrogsvik, bedragoszustwo, fałsz غولونه، تيرا يستنه trapaça înşelare обман podvod prevara prevara bedrägeri, svek การหลอกลวง hile, düzen 欺騙 обман; брехня فریب کاری sự lừa dối 欺骗

deˈceitful adjective

deceiving or insincere. She's such a deceitful child! bedrieglik, vals مُخادِع، غَشّاش лъжлив dissimulado prolhaný betrügerisch bedragerisk δόλιοςengañoso, falso, tramposo, mentiroso valelik فریبکار؛ متقلب vilpillinen trompeurרמאי छली, कपटी prijetvoran, lukav csaló licik fláráður falso うそつきの 거짓의 klastingas, linkęs meluoti melīgs; maldinošs bertujuan menipu orang bedrieglijk svikefull, løgnaktigpodstępny, kłamliwy چالباز dissimulado mincinos лживый nečestný goljufiv lažljiv bedräglig, svekfull ซึ่งหลอกลวง hilekâr, düzenbaz 愛騙人的 облудний; брехливий دھوکا دینے والا dối trá 不诚实的，骗人的

deˈceitfully adverb

bedrieglik, vals بِخِداع، بِغِش лъжливо dissimuladamente nečestně, prolhaně betrügerisch bedrageriskt δόλια falsamente petlikult با نیرنگ vilpillisesti faussement בְּמִרמָה छलपूर्वक, कपटतापूर्वक prijetvorno, lukavo csalárd módon secara licik sviksamlega falsamente あざむいて 거짓으로 klastingai, melagingai melīgi; maldinoši dengan tujuan menipu bedrieglijk svikefullt, bedragersk podstępnie چالبازی dissimuladamente înşelător лживо nečestne goljufivo lažljvo bedrägligt, svekfullt อย่างหลอกลวง hilekârlıkla, düzenbazlıkla 詐欺地 брехливо دھوکے سے một cách dối trá 欺诈地

deˈceitfulness noun

bedrieglikheid, valsheid مُخادَعَه، غِش измамничество dissimulação nečestnost, prolhanost die Falschheit bedrageriskhed δολιότητα engaño valelikkus فریبکاری؛ حقه بازی vilpillisyys fausseté מִרמָה lukavost, himbenost csalárdság kelicikan sviksemi, flærð falsità 偽り, あざむき 속임 apgaulingumas, melagingumas melīgums; maldināšana kebohongan bedrieglijkheidsvikefullhet, bedragerifałsz چالباز dissimulação falsitate, ipocrizie лживость nečestnosť goljufivost lažljivost bedräglighet, svekfullhet การหลอกลวง hilekârlık, düzenbazlık 詐欺 брехливість; облудність دھوکے کی بازی sự dối trá 欺诈

Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
Link to this page:

DeceitA made with the express intention of defrauding someone, which subsequently causes injury to that person.In order for a statement to be deceit, it must be untrue, made with knowledge of its falsity, or made in reckless disregard of the truth. The misrepresentation must be such that it causes harm to another individual. Dishonesty, fraudulent conduct, false statements made knowing them to be untrue, by which the liar intends to deceive a party receiving the statements and expects the party to believe and rely on them. This is a civil wrong (tort) giving rise to the right of a person reasonably relying on such dishonesty to the point of his/her injury to sue the deceiver. (See:, ) deceit the tort of making a fraudulent statement committed where the defendant knowingly or recklessly makes a false representation intending that the plaintiff should act upon it where the plaintiff does act and to his detriment.

In Scotland similar facts would be litigated as the delict fraud.DECEIT, tort. A fraudulent. Misrepresentation or contrivance, by which oneman deceives another, who has no means of detecting the fraud, to the injuryand damage of the latter.2. Fraud, or the intention to deceive, is the very essence of thisinjury, for if the party misrepresenting was himself mistaken, no blame canattach to him. The representation must be made malo animo, but whether ornot the party is himself to gain by it, is wholly immaterial.3.

Deceit may not only be by asserting a falsehood deliberately to theinjury of another as, that Paul is in flourishing circumstances, whereas heis in truth insolvent; that Peter is an honest man, when he knew him to bea, rogue; that property, real or personal, possesses certain qualities, orbelongs to the vendor, whereas he knew these things to be false; but by anyact or demeanor which would naturally impress the mind of a careful man witha mistaken belief.4. Therefore, if one whose manufactures are of a superior quality,distinguishes them by a particular mark, which facts are known to Peter, andPaul counterfeits this work, and affixes them to articles of the samedescription, but not made by such person, and sells them to Peter as goodsof such manufacture, this is a deceit.5. Again, the vendor having a knowledge of a defect in a commoditywhich cannot be obvious to the buyer, does not disclose it, or, if apparent,uses an artifice and conceals it, he has been guilty of a fraudulentmisrepresentation for there is an implied condition in every contract thatthe parties to it act upon equal terms, and the seller is presumed to haveassured or represented to the vendee that he is not aware of any secretdeficiencies by which the commodity is impaired, and that he has noadvantage which himself does not possess.6.

Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables - but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet. The expendables 2 putlocker. Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney.

But in all these cases the party injured must have no means ofdetecting the fraud, for if he has such means his ignorance will not availhim in that case he becomes the willing dupe of the other's artifice, andvolenti non fit injuria. For example, if a horse is sold wanting an eye, andthe defect is visible to a common observer, the purchaser cannot be said tobe deceived, for by inspection he might discover it, but if the blindnessis only discoverable by one experienced in such diseases, and the vendee isan inexperienced person, it is a deceit, provided the seller knew of thedefect.7.

The remedy for a deceit, unless the right of action has beensuspended or discharged, is by an action of trespass on the case. The oldwrit of deceit was brought for acknowledging a fine, or the like, in anothername, and this being a perversion of law to an evil purpose, and a highcontempt, the act was laid contra pacem, and a fine imposed upon theoffender. Disceit; Vin Abr. When two or more persons unite in a deceit upon another, they may beindicted for a conspiracy. (q.v.) Vide, generally, 2 Bouv. 2321-29; Skin. 52-65; 1 Lev.

247; 1 Strange, 583; D Roll.Abr. 106; 7 Barr, Rep. 296; 11 Serg. 309, 310; Com. Action uponthe case for a deceit; Chancery, 3 F 1 and 2; 3 M 1; 3 N 1; 4 D 3; 4 H 4; 4L 1; 4 O 2; Covin; Justices of the Peace, B 30; Pleader, 2 H; 1 Vin.

Ab.560; 8 Vin. 51; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 1 Chit. 99 2 Day, 531; 12 Mass. 181; 2 Day, 205, 381; 4 Yeates, 522; 18 John. 23; 4Bibb, 91; 1 N.

Vide, also, articles Equality; Fraud; Lie.Want to thank TFD for its existence?, add a link to this page, or visit.Link to this page.