deceit

  1. Noun.  An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
  2. Noun.  An act of deceiving someone.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
  4. Noun.  (legal) 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.

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