DECEIT

deceit

Noun

  1. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick
    The whole conversation was merely a deceit.
  2. An act of deceiving someone
  3. The state of being deceitful or deceptive
  4. 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.


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