deceit 3
noundomain: activity
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
the act of deceiving
Hypernym
falsification 2
noun
a willful perversion of facts
EnglishHyponym
fakery 1
noun
the act of faking (or the product of faking)
indirection 2
noun
deceitful action that is not straightforward
trickery 2
noun
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
duplicity 2
noun
acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
cheat 5
noun
a deception for profit to yourself
