the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.

something that deceives or is intended to deceive; fraud; artifice.

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frankness , honesty , honor , openness , trustworthiness , truth , truthfulness , uprightness , candor , disillusionment , fair dealing , guilelessness , sincerity

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beguilement , betrayal , blarney * , boondoggle , cheat , circumvention , cozenage , craftiness , cunning , deceit , deceitfulness , deceptiveness , defraudation , dirt , disinformation , dissimulation , double-dealing , dupery , duplicity , equivocation , falsehood , fast one , flimflam * , fraud , fraudulence , guile , hokum , hypocrisy , imposition , insincerity , juggling , legerdemain , lying , mendacity , pretense , prevarication , snow job * , sophism , treachery , treason , trickery , trickiness , trumpery , untruth , artifice , bilk , bluff , catch , chicane , con , confidence game , con game * , cover-up , crock , decoy , device , dodge , fallacy , fast shuffle , feint , fib , gimmick , hoax , hogwash * , hustle , illusion , imposture , jive * , lie , malarkey * , mare’s-nest , pretext , ride * , ruse , scam , sham , shift , shuck , snare , stall , sting , story , stratagem , subterfuge , swindle , trap , trick , whitewash * , wile , wrinkle * , shiftiness , jig , maneuver , ploy , sleight , artfulness , camouflage , chicanery , coggery , collusion , contrivance , counterfeit , covin , craft , dishonesty , finesse , hocus-pocus , humbug , intrigue , jive , magic , mirage , misleading , slyness , sophistry , subtlety