deceit

de·ceit (dē sēt′, di-)

noun

Etymology: ME < OFr deceite < pp. of deceveir: see deceive

The intentional imparting of a false impression.
A misrepresentation of fact, which, when made with the intention that the other party will rely on it to his detriment, constitutes the torts of fraud or misrepresentation. See also fraud and misrepresentation.

Converse of object

lie: Until we make a break with this sick past then the UK will sink further into a pit of lies deceit and treachery.
practice: Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
expose: The deceit exposed in the following pages is an outrage to decency.
use: He is also prepared to use deceit to carry out this bombing.
involve: You need to carefully evaluate your communications with others, as they may involve deceit, misunderstandings or underhanded schemes.
reveal: Investigations revealed deceit and dishonesty on the part of the Appellant.

Converse of subject

cause: Looking at the severe pain I caused her and realizing something of the damage caused by deceit and sin was awful.

Adjective modifier

deliberate: And the charge of deliberate deceit is not without merit.
universal: George Orwell once wrote ' Telling the truth in an age of universal deceit is a revolutionary act ' .
such: No good God could put up with such deceit, and justice demands that they should be punished for it.
cruel: But to imagine workers are going to join New Labor in the midst or aftermath of the FBU dispute, is a cruel deceit.
great: Pantheism, indeed, is the great deceit which awaits the Age to come.
systematic: The system only works on the basis of systematic deceit.

Preposition: on

part: To assert that such cases are topical seems to imply an amount of error or deceit on the part of the Evangelists.

Noun used with modifier

practice: Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
self: Daniel was finding a way to move on at the same time Jack was finally recognizing his own ability for self deceit.
tongue: Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

Preposition: in

order: What you have here, is an operation using a limited amount of deceit in order to accomplish a greater good.

Preposition: of

party: But it is based on the fact that Lincoln people are seeing through the lies and deceit of the three main capitalist parties.
technology: This is actually that same " fundamental deceit of technology " to which I pointed in NF #1.

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