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Meanings of deception in English

Portuguese
truque
Catalan
truc de màgia
Spanish
ilusión
Wikidata

An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.

      truque
      Portuguese
      dissimulação
      Catalan
      fingiment
      Spanish
      disimulación

      The act of deceiving.

            dissimulação
            Russian
            мистификация
            Portuguese
            engano
            Spanish
            impostura
            Catalan
            frau

            Act of intentionally propagating beliefs of things that are not true, or not the whole truth.

              мистификация
              Russian
              обман

              Legal term of art used in the definition of statutory offences in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

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                    обман
                    Usage of deception in English
                    1
                    The deception of the public continues, the paper said in an editorial.
                    The Irish Times
                    2
                    Pharaoh's main problem was that too many people knew about the deception.
                    Jonathan strange and mr norrell
                    3
                    It takes a certain sort of dangerous intelligence to maintain such deception.
                    The Oracle Glass
                    4
                    What I do in the way of deception I do in self-defense.
                    In the Wilderness
                    5
                    Jouret continued the deception, however, because it appealed to his showman's nature.
                    Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
                    6
                    It seemed a simple art and easy; but that was a deception.
                    The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
                    7
                    But that's how some people react to deception -with unspeakable violence.
                    Jamaica Observer
                    8
                    The man wallows in deception for the very sport of the thing.
                    The Lost Naval Papers
                    9
                    As a grandiose self-deception, war is o' the same magnitude as religion.
                    Jitterbug Perfume
                    10
                    Due to rampant deception and possible corruption, this program has been suspended.
                    Halo Silentium
                    11
                    Protect, you, the court; protect, you, deception; let me protect the truth.
                    Pascal's Pensées
                    12
                    When I discovered their deception, responsibility for the Promise fell to me.
                    Spirit of the Wolves
                    13
                    Horace had removed the piece which he had used in the deception.
                    The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories
                    14
                    The trial established their deception to the satisfaction of law and custom.
                    Changes
                    15
                    Isn't it just possible that everything he does is based on self-deception?
                    The Guardian
                    16
                    The kindly spirit of the deception had fallen over the entire corridor.
                    Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
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