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de·cep·tion

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–noun

1.	the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.

2.	something that deceives or is intended to deceive; fraud; artifice.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME decepcioun < OF < LL déceptiōn- (s. of déceptiō), equiv. to L décept(us) (ptp. of décipere; see deceive) + -iōn- -ion

]

—Synonyms 2. trick, stratagem, ruse, wile, hoax, imposture.

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de·cep·tion Audio Help (dĭ-sěp'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The use of deceit.
The fact or state of being deceived.
A ruse; a trick.

[Middle English decepcioun, from Old French deception, from Late Latin dēceptiō, dēceptiōn-, from Latin dēceptus, past participle of dēcipere, to deceive; see deceive.]

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deception

c.1412, from pp. stem of L. decipere (see deceive).

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deception
noun
1.	a misleading falsehood [syn: misrepresentation]
2.	the act of deceiving
3.	an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn: magic trick]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
deception [diˈsepʃən] noun

(an act of) deceiving
Example: Deception is difficult in these circumstances.

Arabic:	خِداع، غِش
Chinese (Simplified):	欺骗
Chinese (Traditional):	欺騙
Czech:	podvod
Danish:	bedrag; bedrageri
Dutch:	misleiding
Estonian:	pettus
Finnish:	petos, vilppi
French:	tromperie
German:	die Täuschung
Greek:	εξαπάτηση, παραπλάνηση
Hungarian:	csalás
Icelandic:	blekking
Indonesian:	penipuan
Italian:	inganno

Japanese:	あざむくこと
Korean:	속임, 기만
Latvian:	krāpšana; blēdība; maldināšana
Lithuanian:	apgavystė, apgaulė
Norwegian:	bedrag, narring
Polish:	oszustwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	engano
Portuguese (Portugal):	dissimulação
Romanian:	înşelăciune
Russian:	обман
Slovak:	podvod
Slovenian:	prevara
Spanish:	engaño, falsedad
Swedish:	bedrägeri, villfarelse
Turkish:	kandırma, hile

See also: deceptive, deceptively

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: de·cep·tion
Pronunciation: di-'sep-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : an act of deceiving
2 : something that deceives : DECEIT

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Deception

De*ceit"\, n. [OF. deceit, des[,c]ait, decept (cf. deceite, de[,c]oite), fr. L. deceptus deception, fr. decipere. See Deceive.]

1. An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.

Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit. --Amos viii. 5.

Friendly to man, far from deceit or guile. --Milton.

Yet still we hug the dear deceit. --N. Cotton.

2. (Law) Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.

Syn: Deception; fraud; imposition; duplicity; trickery; guile; falsifying; double-dealing; stratagem. See Deception.

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