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Deception

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy. countable, uncountable

    "deliberate deception"

  2. 2
    an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers wordnet
  3. 3
    the act of deceiving wordnet
  4. 4
    a misleading falsehood wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English decepcioun, from Old French decepcion, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive”).

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