Definizione monolingua

deceit

deceit (plural deceits)

1. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick

   The whole conversation was merely a deceit.

2. An act of deceiving someone
   • 1998, Mike Dixon-Kennedy, Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology, page 125:

     Upon his return he killed Eriphyle for her vanity and deceit of him and his father.

3. (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive
   • 1611, “Psalms 10:7”, in King James Bible:

     His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

4. (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.

Definizione dizionario deceit

	truffa
	The act or practice of deceiving.

abbindolamento

bugia

disonestà

falsità

finzione

frode

imbroglio

inganno

raggiro

Altri significati:

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick

An act of deceiving someone

(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive

act or fact of deceiving

(law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.

act or behavior intended to deceive

state of being deceptive