English
Pronunciation
IPA|/dɪ�si�t/, SAMPA|/dI"si:t/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�t|-i�t
Noun
en-noun
- Any attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which mislead|misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.
- 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.
#legal: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.
Translations
Finnish: t-|fi|harhautus, t-|fi|petos
French: tromperie
German: t-|de|Täuschung|f, t+|de|Betrug|m
Greek: t|el|α�ά�η|f|sc=Grek (apáti)
Hebrew: he-translation|ר���ת|rama'üt f
Portuguese: engano, fraude; artificio
bg:deceit
io:deceit
ku:deceit
hu:deceit
pl:deceit
pt:deceit
fi:deceit
ta:deceit
te:deceit
vi:deceit
zh:deceit
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