2
takeoff(noun, imitation, joke, satire, caricature)
2
tall story(noun, expression, lie, bias, book)
2
tall tale(noun, expression, informal, true, lie)
2
trick(noun, deception, sham, dishonesty, treachery)
1
ambiguity(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
1
amphibology(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
1
appearance(noun, trick, sham, con, falsehood)
1
artifice(trick, deception, sham, dishonesty, con)
1
aspersion(disparagement, vilification, defamation)
1
baloney(fancy, line, lie, bias, exaggeration)
1
bamboozlement(deception, deceit, trickery, hoax, scam)
1
barratry(deception, deceit, trickery, hoax, scam)
1
bluff
1
breach of trust(expression, idiom, dishonesty, fraud, corruption)
1
bribery(dishonesty, fraud, immorality, corruption, crime)
1
bribing(dishonesty, fraud, immorality, corruption, crime)
1
casuistry(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
1
change
1
cheat(deception, dishonesty, deceit, falseness, misleading)
1
cheating(noun, deception, dishonesty, treachery, deceit)
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