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91deceit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fraud, artifice, cheating. See deception. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Deceitfulness] Syn. deception, fraud, trickery, duplicity; see deception 1 , dishonesty . 2. [Deceitful action] Syn. sham, fraud, lie,… …
92deception — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Misrepresentation Nouns 1. (act of deceiving) deception, deceptiveness; falseness, falsehood, untruth; imposition, imposture, misinformation, disinformation; fraud, fraudulence, deceit, deceitfulness,… …
93double-dealing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. & n. treachery. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tricky, untrustworthy, deceitful; see dishonest 1 , 2 , hypocritical . n. Syn. deceit, duplicity, treachery; see deception 1 , dishonesty …
94duplicity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. double dealing, two facedness, treachery, deceitfulness, fraud, guile, hypocrisy. See falsehood, improbity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. double dealing, deceit, dishonesty; see deception 1 , dishonesty ,… …
95equivocation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. equivocalness; quibble, quibbling; evasion, shiftiness; ambiguity, double meaning, double entendre; prevarication, white lie; half truth, sophistry, casuistry; dodge, subterfuge, smoke screen, red… …
96guile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deception, deceitfulness; trickery, cunning, craftiness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. craft, cunning, cleverness, duplicity; see cunning , dishonesty . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n.… …
97dishonesty — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deceit, deception, falsehood, trickery, infidelity, faithlessness, falsity, craft, artifice, duplicity, wiliness, untrustworthiness, insidiousness, cunning, guile, perfidiousness, slyness, perfidy, double dealing,… …
98trickery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deception, dupery, fraud, quackery; see deception 1 , dishonesty . See Synonym Study at deception . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. deception, deceit, subterfuge, cheating, fraud, hoax, imposture, delusion, artifice,… …
99craftiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Deceitful cleverness: art, artfulness, artifice, craft, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness. See HONEST, MEANS. 2. Lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action: chicanery, craft, deviousness, dishonesty …
100deceitfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act or practice of deceiving: cunning, deceit, deception, double dealing, duplicity, guile, shiftiness. See HONEST …
