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the act of hiding the truth, especially to get an advantage: He was found guilty of obtaining money by deception. Synonym. deceit. Fewer examples. He said that the government was guilty of deception by exaggerating the figures. He was arrested on charges of attempted deception when he tried to use a stolen credit card.
Deception is the act or practice of deceiving—lying, misleading, or otherwise hiding or distorting the truth. The related word deceit often means the same thing. Deception doesn’t just involve lying. It can consist of misrepresenting or omitting the truth or more complicated cover-ups.
Add to word list. dishonest or illegal methods that are used to get something, or to make people believe that something is true when it is not: The couple were accused of obtaining money by deception. The Insolvency Act makes stringent provision for company fraud and deception.
[uncountable] the act of deliberately making somebody believe something that is not true (= of deceiving them) synonym deceit Topics Personal qualities c1. a drama full of lies and deception. He was accused of obtaining property by deception. Extra Examples. Topics Crime and punishment c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
Definitions of deception. noun. a misleading falsehood. synonyms: deceit, misrepresentation. see more. noun. the act of deceiving. synonyms: deceit, dissembling, dissimulation. see more. noun. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.
the act of deceiving someone by making them believe something that is not true: He was found guilty of obtaining money by deception. (Definition of deception from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of deception. in Chinese (Traditional) 欺騙, 欺詐, 隱瞞… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 欺骗, 欺诈, 隐瞒… See more.
deception. noun. /dɪˈsɛpʃn/ [uncountable] the act of deliberately making someone believe something that is not true (= of deceiving them) synonym deceit a drama full of lies and deception He was accused of obtaining property by deception. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
