subreption
noun
- deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of facts so as to gain some benefit or advantage
- an erroneous inference or conclusion induced by this
See subreption in American Heritage Dictionary 4
sub·rep·tion
noun- A calculated misrepresentation through concealment of the facts.
- An inference drawn from such a misrepresentation.
Origin: Late Latin subreptiō, subreptiōn-, from Latin, theft, from subreptus, past participle of surripere, subripere, to take away secretly; see surreptitious .
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