Found 4 items, similar to Deceit.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: deceit penipuan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: deceit akal, berhianat, bohong, keculasan, kecurangan, pendayaan, penipuan, tipu, tipuan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: deceit deceit n 1: the quality of being fraudulent [syn: fraudulence] 2: a misleading falsehood [syn: misrepresentation, deception] 3: the act of deceiving [syn: deception, dissembling, dissimulation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Deceit Deceit \De*ceit"\, n. [OF. deceit, des[,c]ait, decept (cf. deceite, de[,c]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. [1913 Webster] Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit. --Amos viii. 5. [1913 Webster] Friendly to man, far from deceit or guile. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Yet still we hug the dear deceit. --N. Cotton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]