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21deception — 1 Deception, fraud, double dealing, trickery, chicane, chicanery mean the act or practice of, or the means used by, one who deliberately deceives in order to accomplish his ends. Deception may or may not imply blameworthiness, for it may be used… …
22dishonest — dishonest, deceitful, mendacious, lying, untruthful are comparable especially when applying to persons, their utterances, and their acts and meaning deficient in honesty and unworthy of trust or belief. Dishonest may apply to any breach of… …
23fraud — n 1 *deception, trickery, chicanery, chicane, double dealing Analogous words: duplicity, *deceit, guile, dissimulation: defrauding, swindling, cheating, cozening, overreaching (see CHEAT vb) 2 *imposture, cheat, sham, fake, humbug, deceit,… …
24cozenage — coz•en•age [[t]ˈkʌz ə nɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) the practice of cozening 2) the condition of being cozened • Etymology: 1555–65 …
25cozenage — /ˈkʌzənɪdʒ/ (say kuzuhnij) noun 1. the practice of cozening. 2. the fact of being cozened. 3. a fraud; a deception …
26cheat — [n1] person who fools others bluff, charlatan, chiseler, con artist, confidence operator, conniver, cozener, crook, deceiver, decoy, defrauder, dodger, double crosser*, doubledealer*, enticer, fake, hypocrite, impostor, inveigler, jockey,… …
27deceit — [n1] practice of misleading ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, artifice, cheating, chicane, chicanery, cozening, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, deception, defrauding, dirty dealing*, dirty pool*, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation …
28cosening — Same as cozening …
29coz|en|age — «KUHZ uh nihj», noun. the practice of cozening; deception or trick; fraud …
