deceit

deceit is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.
2. noun. Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.
3. noun. the act of deceiving

   Synonyms: deception, dissembling, dissimulation

4. noun. the quality of being fraudulent

   Synonyms: fraudulence

5. noun. a misleading falsehood

   Synonyms: deception

Synonyms

deception, dissembling, dissimulation, fraudulence

Common word forms

deceits, deceitful

Words from these letters

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