deceit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deceit	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for deceit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deceit n the quality of being fraudulent [syn: fraudulence, deceit] a misleading falsehood Synonym(s): misrepresentation, deceit, deception the act of deceiving Synonym(s): deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deceit \Deceit"\, n. [OF. deceit, des[cced]ait, decept (cf. deceite, de[cced]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}.