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deceit
The act or practice of deceiving; deception.
A stratagem; a trick.
The quality of being deceitful; falseness.

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1. The act or practice of deceiving; deception.
2. A stratagem; a trick.
3. The quality of being deceitful; falseness.
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fabrication
a fabricating or being fabricated; construction; manufacture
a fabricated thing; esp., a falsehood, false excuse, etc.

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1. a fabricating or being fabricated; construction; manufacture
2. a fabricated thing; esp., a falsehood, false excuse, etc.
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falsification
the act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not
knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation
showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong

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1. the act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not
2. knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation
3. showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong
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