dĭs-ŏn'ĭ-stē
The act or practice of tricking; use of tricks; deception; fraud
(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.
The quality or state of being twofold or double.
insidiousness
A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious.
Treachery is a betrayal of trust.
knavishness
The quality of being knavish.
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Something said or done to deceive; trick; artifice
(Computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
Deception is defined as an untrue falsehood, or is the act of lying to or tricking someone.
Lack of conformity to truth or fact; inaccuracy.
Unfaithfulness or disloyalty to another; esp., sexual unfaithfulness of a husband or wife; adultery
The quality of being faithless
Disloyalty
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Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.
Cleverness or ingenuity in making or doing something; art or skill:
A wily quality or condition
untrustworthiness
The state or quality of being untrustworthy.
The definition of guile is slyness shown in a charming way.
(Rare) Unfaithfulness; deceitfulness; perfidy.
Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery:
The act or practice of doing the opposite of what one pretends to do; duplicity; deceit
The quality of being tricky.
Dishonest or crafty dealing.
The state of being crooked
The telling of a lie or lies
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(Archaic, chiefly in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.
A pretending to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; esp., a pretense of virtue, piety, etc.
An insincere act, remark, etc.
Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness.
The use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive, evade, etc., as in legal dealings
The quality or state of being mendacious
The quality of being artful or of acting in an artful manner.
subtleness
Subtleness is the indirect or small distinction between two things or ideas.
The condition of being fraudulent
The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.
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(Law, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
The act of one who counterfeits.
The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.
truthfulness (antonym)
The quality of being truthful
integrity (antonym)
The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness:
lie (related)
Something meant to deceive or mistakenly accepted as true:
Lack of probity; dishonesty
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Roundabout act, procedure, or means
unscrupulousness
The state of being unscrupulous
scrupulousness (antonym)
(Uncountable) The property of being scrupulous.
sincerity (antonym)
Sincerity is the quality of being honest, true and real.
honesty (antonym)
The definition of honesty is the quality of being truthful.
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openness (antonym)
lying; unwillingness to tell the truth
The state of being corrupt.
(Uncountable) The property of being shifty.
The state or quality of being sneaky.
The characteristic of being underhanded.
honest (related)
Lack of integrity
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incompetence (related)
misrepresentation (related)
wrongdoing (related)
recklessness (related)
misconduct (related)
malpractice (related)
wrong-doing (related)
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bad faith (related)
illegality (related)
sharp-practice (related)
impropriety (related)
mythomania
A compulsion to embroider the truth, engage in exaggeration, or tell lies.
The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.
The crime of willfully and knowingly making a false statement about a material fact while under oath.
Violation of the allegiance owed to one's sovereign or state; betrayal of one's country, specif., in the U.S. (as declared in the Constitution), consisting only in levying war against the U.S. or in giving aid and comfort to its enemies
false pretenses
Any deceptive claims or methods used in order to attain a desired result
A magician's trick or trickery; sleight of hand; legerdemain
Mischievous behaviour, dishonest or shady activity.
A devious device or trick.
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