deception
noun[CorU]
uk/dɪˈsep.ʃən/us/dɪˈsep.ʃən/C2
theactofhidingthetruth,especiallyto get anadvantage:
欺骗;欺诈;隐瞒He wasfoundguiltyofobtainingmoneyby deception.他骗取钱财的罪名被判成立。
Synonym
deceit
- He said that thegovernmentwasguiltyof deception byexaggeratingthefigures.
- He wasarrestedonchargesofattempteddeception when hetriedto use astolencreditcard.
- Policeuncoveredashockingstoryoflies, deception andblackmail.
- It wasn't reallymagic- just somekindofclevervisualdeception.
- Herhusbandwas apractisedliar,capableofextraordinarydeception.
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- a pack of liesidiom
- artifice
- bad faith
- black is whiteidiom
- cakeism
- canard
- falsification
- feedsomeonea lineidiom
- fib
- fiction
- flimflam
- lie
- myth
- mythologically
- mythologize
- perjure
- venality
- weasel words
- white lie
- whopper