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1. : the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : the act or practice of deceiving : deception. achieving one's goals through a web of deceit. 2. : an attempt or device to deceive : trick. Her excuse turned out to be a deceit.
Deceit is the act or practice of deceiving —lying, misleading, or otherwise hiding or distorting the truth. The word deception often means the same thing and is perhaps more commonly used. Deceit doesn’t just involve lying. It can consist of misrepresenting or omitting the truth or more complicated cover-ups.
deceit. noun [ C or U ] us / dɪˈsiːt / uk / dɪˈsiːt / Add to word list. (an act of) keeping the truth hidden, especially to get an advantage: The story is about theft, fraud, and deceit on an incredible scale. When the newspapers published the full story, all his earlier deceits were revealed. Synonym. dissimulation formal.
(an act of) keeping the truth hidden, especially to get an advantage: The story is about theft, fraud, and deceit on an incredible scale. When the newspapers published the full story, all his earlier deceits were revealed. Synonym. dissimulation formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Lies, lying & hypocrisy. a pack of lies idiom.
Deceit is purposeful falsehood. If you want to keep your true love true to you, avoid any acts of deceit. Deceit comes from the Latin for "cheat." When you deceive someone, you give them a false impression, mislead them so as to get away with something bad.
dishonest behaviour that is intended to make somebody believe something that is not true; an example of this behaviour synonym deception. He was accused of lies and deceit. Everyone was involved in this web of deceit. Their marriage was an illusion and a deceit.
1. The act or practice of deceiving; deception. 2. A stratagem; a trick. 3. The quality of being deceitful; falseness. [Middle English deceite, from Old French, from past participle of deceveir, to deceive; see deceive .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
