- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "deceit" 27 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/deceit/definitions/1994901> |