deceit
An act or practice intended to deceiveAn act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
» He acquired a great fortune by using deceit and treachery.
Durch Betrug und Verrat erwarb er ein großes Vermögen.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
The whole conversation was merely a deceit.
Betrügerei, Betrug
обма́нobmán
обма́нobmán
the act of deceiving
(countable, uncountable)An act of deceiving someone.
Täuschung
обма́нobmán
(uncountable)The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
Falschheit
обма́нчивостьobmánčivostʹ, лжи́востьlžívostʹ
(countable, uncountable)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.
Betrug
обма́нobmán
(collective, countable, rare, uncountable)A group of lapwings.
Examples
15 sentencesHe acquired a great fortune by using deceit and treachery.
deDurch Betrug und Verrat erwarb er ein großes Vermögen.
Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
ruВо времена всеобщего обмана говорить правду - это революционный акт.
deIn Zeiten allgegenwärtigen Lügens ist es ein revolutionärer Akt, die Wahrheit zu sagen.
Who abandons his brother by deceit, won't find him when he needs him.
His body language and facial expressions seem inconsistent with his words, indicating potential deceit.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English deceyte, from Old French deceite, deçoite, from decevoir (“to deceive”From Middle English deceyte, from Old French deceite, deçoite, from decevoir (“to deceive”), from Latin dēcipere (“to cheat, mislead”).
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Forms
plural: deceitsSynonyms
32 synonyms- the act of deceiving:deceptiondissemblingdissimulation
- the quality of being fraudulent:fraudulence
- a misleading falsehood:misrepresentationdeception
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable