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- Dictionarydeception/dɪˈsɛpʃn/
noun
- 1. the action of deceiving someone: "obtaining property by deception"
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the act of hiding the truth, especially to get an advantage: He was found guilty of obtaining money by deception. Synonym. deceit. Fewer examples. He said that the government was guilty of deception by exaggerating the figures. He was arrested on charges of attempted deception when he tried to use a stolen credit card.
Sep 3, 2012 · The meaning of DECEPTION is the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : the act of deceiving. How to use deception in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Deception.
Deception is the act or practice of deceiving —lying, misleading, or otherwise hiding or distorting the truth. The related word deceit often means the same thing. Deception doesn’t just involve lying. It can consist of misrepresenting or omitting the truth or more complicated cover-ups.
Deception is a trick or scheme used to get what you want, like the deception you used to get your sister to agree to do all your chores for a month. Deception occurs when you deceive, a word that comes from the Latin de- meaning "from" and capere, meaning "to take."
Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone. He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception. You've been the victim of a rather cruel deception.
noun. the act of deceiving or the state of being deceived. something that deceives; trick. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. Discover More.
[countable] a trick intended to make somebody believe something that is not true synonym deceit. The whole episode had been a cruel deception. His elaborate deception fooled everyone.
the act of deceiving someone by making them believe something that is not true: He was found guilty of obtaining money by deception. (Definition of deception from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
noun. deceptions. The act or practice of deceiving. Webster's New World. The use of deceit. American Heritage. The fact or condition of being deceived. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Something that deceives, as an illusion, or is meant to deceive, as a fraud. Webster's New World. A ruse; a trick. American Heritage.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English de‧cep‧tion /dɪˈsepʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] the act of deliberately making someone believe something that is not true → deceive She didn’t have the courage to admit to her deception. He was convicted of obtaining money by deception.
