deceit
/dɪˈsiːt/ · noun
Meaning
- An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- An act of deceiving someone.
- The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
- 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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