2
manufacture
2
mendaciousness
2
nonsense
2
quibbling
2
sham(noun, deception, lie, dishonesty, story)
2
sophism(noun, shift, escape, routine, dishonesty)
2
suppressio veri(expression, idiom, falsehood)
2
treachery(noun, deception, dishonesty, fraud, deceit)
2
trick(noun, shift, escape, routine, cunning)
2
trickery(noun, shift, escape, routine, dishonesty)
2
unscrupulousness(noun, dishonesty)
2
waffle(noun, cover, clear, line, informal)
2
weasel word(noun, clear)
2
weasel words
1
amphibology(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
1
assembly
1
avoidance(noun, deception, escape, excuse, dodge)
1
balderdash
1
beguilement(fraud, deceit, lying, falsehood, duplicity)
1
betrayal(fraud, deceit, lying, falsehood, duplicity)
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