| deceitful | | |
| adj. | 1. deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent | intended to deceive.; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice"; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" |
| ~ dishonest, dishonorable | deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. |
| adj. | 2. ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, janus-faced, two-faced | marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another.; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer" |
| ~ dishonest, dishonorable | deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. |
| deceive | | |
| v. (social) | 1. cozen, deceive, delude, lead on | be false to; be dishonest with. |
| ~ betray, sell | deliver to an enemy by treachery.; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" |
| ~ victimise, victimize | make a victim of.; "I was victimized by this con-man" |
| ~ chisel, cheat | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud.; "Who's chiseling on the side?" |
| ~ shill | act as a shill.; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up" |
| ~ flim-flam, fob, fox, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick, play a joke on | deceive somebody.; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" |
| ~ befool, fool, gull | make a fool or dupe of. |
| ~ cheat on, cuckold, wander, betray, cheat | be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" |
| ~ hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg | subject to a playful hoax or joke. |
| ~ ensnare, entrap, frame, set up | take or catch as if in a snare or trap.; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police" |
| ~ humbug | trick or deceive. |
| v. (communication) | 2. betray, deceive, lead astray | cause someone to believe an untruth.; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" |
| ~ misinform, mislead | give false or misleading information to. |
| ~ personate, impersonate, pose | pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions.; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" |
| ~ bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, hoodwink, snow | conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" |
| ~ cod, dupe, put one across, put one over, befool, gull, slang, take in, fool, put on | fool or hoax.; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" |
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