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- Thesaurus|1.9k
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| breach of faith(noun, idiom, treachery, crime) | |
| bunco game(noun, cheat, speed, ripoff) | |
| bunny hop(noun, cheat, speed, ripoff) | |
| cock-and-bull story(lie, story, untruth) | |
| con job(noun, cheat, speed, ripoff) | |
| costume ball(cover, show, color, cloak) | |
| crocodile tears(dishonesty, treachery) | |
| cunning deception(cunning, deceit, craftiness, wiles) | |
| cut a rug(noun, idiom, cheat, speed) | |
| deviation from recimprobity(idiom, improbity) | |
| deviation from rectitude(idiom, improbity) | |
| double dealing(noun, cheat, speed, ripoff) | |
| dumb act(trick, sham, con, falsehood) | |
| fact finding(noun, cheat, speed, ripoff) | |
| fairy story(lie, story, untruth) | |
| fairy tale(lie, story, untruth) | |
| fallacious argument(noun, fallacy) | |
| false report(lie, story, untruth) | |
| false swearing(idiom, falsehood) | |
| figment of the imagination(noun, idiom, vision, fantasy) |
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